By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent
Indian police have banned protests after a wave of demonstations triggered by the savage gang-rape of a young woman on a bus.
Areas close to the presidential palace and parliament in New Delhi have been declared off-limits to demonstrators following a sixth day of action on Saturday.
Police used tear-gas, water cannon and batons on the thousands who gathered at the India Gate monument to call for the death penalty for rapists and better safety for women.
The 23-year-old woman, a physiotherapy student, was attacked by six drunk men when she was travelling on a bus with a male friend.
They took it in turns to rape her and attack her with an iron rod, causing serious internal injuries. She is still fighting for her life in hospital.
Her case has sparked public anger amid dismay at a massive rise in the number of sexual attacks in India.
Shabnam's attackers filmed the rape on their mobile phones Government figures show a woman is now raped in the country every 20 minutes after a major rise in assaults.
Despite the increase, the number of convictions is falling.
In the last 12 months there have been a number of high-profile cases which have caused outrage across the nation.
One of the most shocking attacks happened in the state of Haryana. Unusually the victim waived her right to anonymity.
Sixteen-year-old Shabnam was gang raped by eight men from her village. Her attackers filmed the assault on their mobile phones.
When her father became aware the images were being shared around the village he committed suicide out of shame.
Haryana is a tight-knit - mainly agrarian community - where family honour and the avoidance of shame are a matter of life and death for many.
But the brave schoolgirl wants the world to know what happened because she says too many victims are either too afraid or too ashamed to speak out.
"I don't want the sacrifice of my father to be wasted," she said. "I've decided to get them all punished so that whatever happened with me should never happen to anybody else again."
Delhi: demonstrators call for safety for women after the rape of a student The physical scars of Shabnam's attack have now healed but her mother Rani fears she will never fully recover psychologically from her ordeal.
"My daughter is scared and depressed. She barely speaks because there is so much fear in mind," she said.
The rise in sexual assaults in Haryana reflects what is happening in other states across India.
A preference for sons and the illegal practice of female infanticide and foeticide have left the state with a badly skewed sex ratio.
In Haryana, there are just 830 girls per 1,000 boys.
Women's rights campaigner Rishi Kant says the problems are deep rooted within Indian society.
"Because of these problems we are facing with female infanticide and foeticide, due to (the fact there are) less girls, young boys are doing all these crimes which are very heinous crimes and they should be booked immediately with a fast track court so that a proper sentence can be given against them."
Campaigners say India's laws for the protection of women are robust but are demanding better policing and stiffer jail terms.
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