Anger justified, but violence no solution

President Pranab Mukherjee expressed "deep distress" over the recent gang-rape of a girl in Delhi but cautioned that though anger over the "ghastly incident" was "justified", violence was "no solution".
Meanwhile, a 47-year-old constable, Subash Tomar, an Indian policeman injured in clashes during the protest died yesterday, a police spokesman said.
The 23-year-old girl was gang-raped inside a moving bus on December 16 in south Delhi. The incident sparked a national outrage and a wave of protests in Delhi.
More than 100 people were injured, including dozens of policemen.
Much of central Delhi remains sealed off after a wave of violent protests against crime in the capital and over a surge in violence against women.
Condoling the death of a policeman who succumbed to injuries suffered during the violent protests against the incident in the national capital, Mukherjee urged the youth to "control their emotions" while assuring that "necessary action" was being taken by the government.
"I take a moment here to express my deep distress over the recent incident of brutal violence against a young girl in Delhi.
"I appreciate the justified anger against the ghastly incident. But I would like to remind the youth that violence is no solution," Mukherjee said in his convocation address at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) in the city on Tuesday.
Describing the rape victim as a "brave young girl", the president said he prayed for her "speedy recovery" and added, "the government is alert to the situation and is taking necessary action to ensure that such unfortunate incidents are not repeated in future".
The president was speaking as the chief guest of the ceremony in Allahabad.
In a rare televised address on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also urged for calm following the weekend clashes in New Delhi and vowed to punish the rapists for their "monstrous" crime.
Meanwhile, the condition of the gangrape victim was better than the previous day though she was still on ventilator, doctors attending on her said yesterday.
However, the doctors at Safdarjung Hospital said she was still on ventilator but her condition was improving.