India News: Scores of BJP women activists were detained today when they staged a protest outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence against the rape of a five-year-old girl here.

The activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Gandhi's 10-Janpath residence.They broke the barricades near Gandhi's residence, but prevented from moving forward.

However, the protesters, numbering around 75, were detained and taken to a nearby police stations.