<p>Guwahati: People hit the streets in different parts of Assam on Sunday, protesting the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Nagaon district and demanding exemplary punishment for the culprits.</p><p>The girl was allegedly raped by three persons, who came on a motorcycle and surrounded her while she was returning home from tuition on her bicycle in Dhing on Thursday evening.</p><p>At Dhing, shops and business establishments reopened today after two days of spontaneous closures to protest against the crime.</p>.Hindus staying in Bangladesh and fighting back, 35 Muslim infiltrators held in 1 month: Assam CM Himanta.<p>A march was held in the area demanding the arrest of the remaining culprits and exemplary punishment for them.</p><p>The prime accused, who was arrested on Friday, in the rape case allegedly escaped from custody, jumped into a pond and died on Saturday morning, police said.</p><p>The other two accused are still absconding and search was continuing for them.</p><p>"We want the culprits to be arrested soon and they should be given exemplary punishment. This is a shameful incident for our area," Farida Begum, one of the protesters, said.</p><p>A protest rally was also organised at Gossaigaon in the Kokrajhar district. Demonstrations took place in Sivasagar as well with agitators demanding stringent punishment for those behind the crime. </p>
<p>Guwahati: People hit the streets in different parts of Assam on Sunday, protesting the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Nagaon district and demanding exemplary punishment for the culprits.</p><p>The girl was allegedly raped by three persons, who came on a motorcycle and surrounded her while she was returning home from tuition on her bicycle in Dhing on Thursday evening.</p><p>At Dhing, shops and business establishments reopened today after two days of spontaneous closures to protest against the crime.</p>.Hindus staying in Bangladesh and fighting back, 35 Muslim infiltrators held in 1 month: Assam CM Himanta.<p>A march was held in the area demanding the arrest of the remaining culprits and exemplary punishment for them.</p><p>The prime accused, who was arrested on Friday, in the rape case allegedly escaped from custody, jumped into a pond and died on Saturday morning, police said.</p><p>The other two accused are still absconding and search was continuing for them.</p><p>"We want the culprits to be arrested soon and they should be given exemplary punishment. This is a shameful incident for our area," Farida Begum, one of the protesters, said.</p><p>A protest rally was also organised at Gossaigaon in the Kokrajhar district. Demonstrations took place in Sivasagar as well with agitators demanding stringent punishment for those behind the crime. </p>