She also wanted the Prime Minister to ask the home minister to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to protect the victim, who is undergoing treatment in a city hospital.
With the incident fuelling widespread outrage, Gandhi is learnt to have stressed for "action with immediate effect". Her telephonic conversation with the Prime Minister follows two strongly-worded letters from her to home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit on December 18.
In her letter to Shinde, the Congress president had said "It is a shame for us, who are responsible for the security of our cities that a young woman can be raped in a moving bus in the capital of the country and flung on to the street."
She had also noted with concern that it was a "matter of shame" that such incidents happen with painful regularity.
Gandhi had also visited the Safdarjung Hospital the same day to inquire about the condition of the 23-year-old victim, who was in a critical state, after Sunday night's incident.
In the letters, Gandhi had sought "strictest possible measures" to ensure that there is no recurrence of such a barbaric crime.
The Congress leader said in her letter to Dikshit that "such violence and criminality needs not only to be condemned, it calls for a concerted effort to fight it."
Describing the incident as a "monstrous crime", Gandhi said this deserves not only universal condemnation but also the "Government's most urgent attention".
"It is imperative that the police and other agencies concerned are sensitised to the dangers that our daughters, sisters and mothers face everyday. The security agencies must be motivated, trained and equipped to deal with the menace. I hope you will initiate immediate action to remedy the situation," Gandhi told the home minister.
Meanwhile, sustained protests over the gang rape of the 23-year-old paramedical student erupted in Raisina Hill, the seat of power, as thousands of youth clashed with police undeterred by the repeated use of water cannons, teargas shells and baton charge.
Demonstrators comprising girls and boys gathered right from the morning at India Gate and marched to Raisina Hill where Rashtrapati Bhavan and Prime Minister's Office are located.
The looked a battle ground as their repeated attempts to break the barricades and reach Rashtrapati Bhavan invited at least six rounds of spraying of water jets, teargassing and cane charging, injuring around 30 protesters.
Some policemen were also injured in the throwing of stones and other missiles at them. Police vehicles were also damaged in the violence.
As high-drama played out at the Vijay Chowk, near Parliament House, political parties condemned the police action and demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh make a statement.
The Prime Minister called home minister Sushilkumar Shinde to his house and discussed a series of steps to ensure safety of women in the capital and to ensure that swift justice was meted out to the criminals involved in the bestial act on Sunday night.
The protesters fought pitched battles with the police through out the day. Reinforcements were rushed as the Rapid Action Force joined in attempts to contain the situation.
As the dusk fell, candlelight marches were taken at the India Gate, the scene of protests in the last few days.
The protest at the Raisina Hill had turned violent in the evening when a group of protesters pelted stones and threw water bottles at police who used force and resorted to lobbing teargas at them, injuring many.
At around 5:30 pm, students protesting against the gangrape clashed with police near the VVIP gate of Parliament here following which personnel used force to disperse them.
With night settling in, it was complete chaos at Raisina Hills as people ran helter-skelter. Some policemen were seen throwing back stones at protesters.
Meanwhile, the 23-year-old gangrape victim has given a "fearless and bold" statement before a magistrate about the brutal assault on Sunday night and wants her tormentors to be swiftly brought to justice.
The statement was recorded before a Sub-Divisional Magistrate by the girl at the Intensive Care Unit of the Safdarjung Hospital where she has been undergoing number of surgeries and medication since her admission there on Sunday night.
Delhi Police said the girl's statement corroborates with the version of her male friend who was also assaulted brutally by six men inside a moving bus on Sunday last.
"We are continuously in touch with her parents. She is stable and she got her statement recorded in the presence of a Sub-Divisional Magistrate. She has given a fearless and bold statement. It corroborates with what her male friend has told us," Chhaya Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South, said.
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