Dhaka, May 21 -- Outrage and protests have kept pouring in following the brutal "rape and murder" of a 7-year-old child in Dhaka's Pallabi, with citizens coming down to the streets to form human chains and eminent personalities blaming "social degradation" for growing public insecurity.

Students and parents formed a human chain under the banner of the "Guardians and Students Network" at the gates of the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College's Azimpur campus on Thursday, demanding swift justice for the victim Ramisa Akter.

Speaking at the rally, guardians and students argued that a long-standing "culture of impunity" has emboldened perpetrators to commit such horrific crimes against children.

The Social Resistance Committee, a platform co...