by Preetam BC
Kokrajhar : A rally for women and children safety was carried in Kokrajhar to protest various forms of violence against women and girls in Kokrajhar.
Organised by Bodoland Students Union, members from various student organizations including All BTAD Minority Students Union, Bodoland Janajati Suraksha Mancha, and citizens of Kokrajhar participated in the rally which started from Tengapara BSU office and marched through the street of Kokrajhar to Deputy Commissioner Office.
A memorandum was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner Kokrajhar demanding strong action against the anti social elements and safety and security of the netizens, especially women and girls.
The rally was organized especially to register protest against all forms of violence against women like sexual harassment, eve teasing, molestation, cyber bullying, slut slamming.
The conscious citizens in Kokrajhar have expressed serious concern over the unabated and rampant crimes against women and girls belonging to a particular ethnic indigenous tribal community since last August. For the past few days an organized group of criminal has been creating terrors in the mind of women and girls. . The criminals forcefully enter the living space and make the victim unconsciousness using sprays, and in some cases the miscreants outrage the modesty of women including rape and molestation, even filming the act of sexual violence and releasing it in social media in some instances.