Violence against women should be stopped: Amitabh

Updated On: 21 December, 2012 08:23 AM IST | | PTI

In the backdrop of the growing outrage against the gang-rape of a 22 year-old student in Delhi, megastar Amitabh Bachchan today said violence against women should be strongly spoken against and put down with

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Violence against women should be stopped: Amitabh

In his address at the concluding day of the 10th Chennai International Film Festival here, Bachchan also stressed for the importance of treating the fairer sex with equality and dignity. 'Fifty per cent of the population is women. They should be treated with equality and dignity...violence against women should be strongly spoken against and put down', he said.

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