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SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape
The 2012 Delhi gang rape case
involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December
2012 in Munirka,
a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when a 23-year-old
female physiotherapy intern, Jyoti Singh Pandey was
beaten and gang
raped in a private bus in which she was travelling with a male friend,
Awindra Pratap Pandey. There were six others in the bus, including the driver,
all of whom raped the girl and beat her friend. Thirteen days after the
assault, she was transferred to a hospital in Singapore
for emergency treatment, but died from her injuries two days later. The
incident generated widespread national and international coverage and was
widely condemned, both in India and abroad. Subsequently, public protests
against the state and central governments for failing to provide
adequate security for women took place in New Delhi, where thousands of
protesters clashed with security forces. Similar protests took place in major
cities throughout the country. Because India does not allow the press to
publicize a rape victim's name, the victim has become widely known as Nirbhaya,
meaning "fearless", and her life and death have come to symbolize
women's struggle to end rape and the long-held practice of blaming the victim
rather than the perpetrator.
All the accused were arrested and
charged with sexual assault and murder. One of the accused, Ram
Singh, died in police custody on 11 March 2013 in the Tihar Jail.
According to some published reports, the police say Ram Singh hanged himself,
but defence lawyers and his family suspect he was murdered. The rest of the
accused went on trial in a fast-track court; the prosecution finished
presenting its evidence on 8 July 2013. The juvenile was convicted of rape and
murder and given the maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment in a reform
facility. On 10 September 2013, the four remaining adult defendants were found
guilty of rape and murder and three days later were sentenced to death
by hanging. On 13 March 2014, Delhi
High Court in the death reference case and hearing appeals against the
conviction by the lower Court, upheld the guilty verdict and the death
sentences.
As a result of the protests, in
December 2012, a judicial committee was set up to study and take public
suggestions for the best ways to amend laws to provide quicker investigation
and prosecution of sex offenders. After considering about 80,000 suggestions,
the committee submitted a report which indicated that failures on the part of
the government and police were the root cause behind crimes against women. In
2013, the Criminal Law (Amendment)
Ordinance, 2013 was promulgated by President Pranab
Mukherjee, several new laws were passed, and six new fast-track courts were
created to hear rape cases. Critics argue that the legal system remains slow to
hear and prosecute rape cases, but most agree that the case has resulted in a
tremendous increase in the public discussion of crimes against women and
statistics show that there has been an improvement in the number of women
willing to file a crime report. However, in December 2014, the two-year
anniversary of the attack, the girl's father called the promises of reform
unmet and said that he felt regret in that he had not been able to bring
justice for his daughter and other women like her. A BBC documentary titled India's
Daughter based on the attack was broadcast in the UK on 4 March 2015.
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SOURCE: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/suspect-in-india-gang-rape-found-dead-in-jail/
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