Enthusiasts from the Teesta Thumpers Motorcycle Club set off on a rally to raise awareness of female foeticide and promote gender equality in West Bengal's Siliguri on Sunday.
The seven bikers plan to travel from Siliguri to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir to spread their message of "save the girl child."
Sourav Bhattacharjee is the club's road captain. He said the route passes through regions where female foeticide is a common occurrence.
"It is a 27 day-long trip in which we are covering more than 3000 kilometres on our bikes. And the ride is about saving the girl child. So we are riding through the states where these things happen very regularly. We will try our best to create an awareness to save the girl child."
The club's only woman member hoped her presence on the ride would help to prove their point.
"We cannot change the mentality of the people but we will try to spread the 'save the girl child' slogan so that we can aware people not to kill the female foetus. They are equal to boys so we will spread that slogan not to kill female foetus," said Priyanka Bhattacharjee.