Twinkle
Khanna,
Salman
Khan's
mother
&
others
PROTEST
against
Kathua
case
on
STREETS
|
FilmiBeat
Several
Bollywood
celebrities,
including
Rajkummar
Rao,
Twinkle
Khanna
and
Kalki
Koechlin,
joined
a
protest
to
demand
justice
for
the
victims
in
the
Kathua
and
Unnao
rape
cases,
which
have
caused
nation-wide
outrage.
The
protest,
held
in
Mumbai
last
evening,
saw
hundreds
of
people
gathered
at
Carter
Road,
holding
placards
with
messages
such
as
'Don't
let
this
movement
fade
away'.
Veteran
actor
Helen,
who
was
present
at
the
protest,
told
reporters,
"I'm
ashamed,
I'm
sad.
I
have
no
words
to
tell
you...
It's
horrifying.
What
will
be
the
punishment?
After
a
few
days,
they
will
make
you
forget
about
it.
What
can
we
do?
The
higher
authorities
should
come
forward."
The
protest
was
joined
by
other
Bollywood
personalities
such
as
actors
Aditi
Rao
Hydari,
Patralekhaa,
Sameera
Reddy,
singers
Sona
Mohapatra,
Anushka
Manchanda
and
music
composer
Vishal
Dadlani,
among
others.
Actor
Priyanka
Chopra,
who
is
currently
in
Ireland,
had
shared
the
invite
for
the
protest
onTwitter
and
appealed
to
people
to
attend
it.
"If
you
can
make
it,
please
do.
We
all
agree
that
armchair
activism
isn't
enough.
There
is
strength
in
numbers
and
in
unity,"
she
tweeted.
Vishal
feels
rapists
should
be
given
the
harshest
punishment
and
said
it
was
extremely
sad
that
some
people
came
in
support
of
the
perpetrators
of
such
a
heinous
crime.
"But
remember,
those
who
tried
to
save
the
rapists
in
both
the
cases,
they
come
from
the
same
thought
process.
We
need
to
understand,
India
doesn't
belong
to
these
people,
it's
ours.
We
need
to
wake
up
and
save
India
right
now,"
he
added.
Aditi,
who
was
seen
holding
a
placard
with
a
message
'Politicians/Police/Court
help
citizens,
not
rapists',
said,
"Till
we
do
something,
change
won't
happen."
"We
need
to
understand
the
problem
and
make
sure
we
tackle
it,
because
no
one
is
doing
that
so
we
will
have
to
do
it,"
she
further
said.
An
eight-year-old
girl
was
raped
and
killed
in
Kathua
district
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir.
A
Special
Investigation
Team
has
arrested
eight
people,
including
two
Special
Police
Officers
(SPOs)
and
a
Head
Constable,
in
connection
with
the
horrific
incident.
In
Uttar
Pradesh's
Unnao,
a
teenage
girl
alleged
she
was
raped
by
ruling
BJP
legislatorKuldeep
Singh
Sengar,
who
has
been
arrested
by
the
CBI,
which
is
probing
the
case.
Credits
-
PTI