Street protests erupted in New Delhi yesterday against the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl on Monday. The police nabbed the accused from his in-law’s house in Muzaffarpur, Bihar in an early morning raid. Public anger spilled onto the streets as protesters held demonstrations in the ‘rape capital’ of India, demanding death for Manoj Kumar, 22, who kidnapped, starved and tortured the girl for two days.

Protesters hold placards and shout slogans against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. Pic/AFP