Dozens of people gathered in New Delhi on Saturday evening to hold a candlelight vigil and to protest against the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in a Northern Indian state.
The girls who were cousins, went missing and were later found gang-raped and killed on Wednesday by attackers who then hung their bodies from a mango tree hours after they disappeared from fields near their home in Katra village in Uttar Pradesh.
Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others on Saturday.
The protesters lit candles to show their solidarity with the victims, sang songs and shouted slogans denouncing the government for not doing more to protect women.
Some protesters held banners reading "Is this a democracy of the people or of thugs?"
State officials initially appeared caught off guard by the reaction to the attack.
On Friday, the state's top official mocked journalists for asking about it.
"You're not facing any danger, are you?" Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Lucknow, the state capital. "Then why are you worried? What's it to you?"
That reaction had angered many of those at the vigil.
"The representatives of the state cannot turn around and say 'Well, if you are safe then it's okay, why are you asking questions?' I have every right to ask questions because I have every right to know if every girl and every woman is safe in my country," said activist Nandini who was at the vigil.
The girls who were 14 and 15, were attacked in the tiny village of Katra, about 180 miles (300 kilometres) from the state capital, Lucknow, police said.
They disappeared on Tuesday night after going into fields near their home to relieve themselves.
The father of one girl went to police to report them missing, but he said they refused to help.
That infuriated his neighbors, who, once the bodies were discovered, refused to allow them to be taken down from the tree until the first arrests were made.
The girls were Dalits, from the community once known as "untouchables" in India's ancient caste system.
"We are very very angry and this is why I think so many people showed up today, to share their grief and anger and to say that we are with Dalit victims of violence everywhere, especially Dalit women and girls who are targeted in this particular manner because they are most vulnerable," said activist Shreya Ila Anusuya.
AP