Activists and artistes expressed outrage at the online hate campaign against the girls, all students of Class X. “It is completely shameful...why is police silent against these cyber criminals.... Police chief should have initiated action against them and it should be done under the law of the land. Enough is enough,” filmmaker Shaykhh Mukhtar said. Activist Humaira Khan said “we are moving ahead, but why aren't our mentalities. We move ahead in real sense only when we open our minds.”
The first live performance of Pragaash at Srinagar's music festival Battle of the Bands in December had created ripples in the Valley.
