FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, activists of Indian National Congress with black bands around their mouths block traffic during a protest against a gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl at Madhyamgram, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. Her death on New Year's Eve came more than a year after a deadly gang rape in New Delhi raised awareness and outrage over chronic sexual violence in India and government failures to protect women. The New Delhi rape was considered a major reason for why voters ousted the capital's government last month, and the furious response to the West Bengal case suggests that with general elections just months away, politicians remain anxious to impress voters who are demanding that women's safety become a police priority. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File) Photo: AP / AP