Several people on Sunday, 15 March, joined a protest called by civil organisations in Chandigarh to seek justice for an eight-year-old-girl, who was raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, reported PTI.

The protest was organised by the "Concerned Lawyers of Chandigarh" and the "Chandigarh Help Group" at Sector 17 Plaza.

"We are demanding justice for the girl who was raped and killed in Kathua," city-based advocate and member of the Concerned Lawyers of Chandigarh, Maninder Pal Singh Dhindsa, told PTI.

People carried placards having slogans such as "no more shielding of rapist", "human rights are not optional", and "silence is betrayal, speak up", and formed humans chains.

"Those behind this horrendous crime should be punished and the government should ensure that nobody influences this case in any way," he said.