Delhi Gang Rape Case

Delhi gang-rape accused being poisoned, lawyer tells court

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013

An accused in the gang-rape case of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi onboard a moving bus on December 16 has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court today, adding that he wa...

Blog: When I heard what they did to 5-year-old, I started crying

Rtunjya Gujral | Tuesday April 23, 2013

The women of Delhi once used to be independent and free. But since the fatal gang rape case in December, I see insecurity and fear in everyone. I know people who have since placed curfew hours for their daughters, and some have even appointed bodygua...

Foreign media on sexual assault of children in India

Gardiner Harris, The New York Times | Monday April 22, 2013

The case of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and nearly killed last week has shocked India, stirring memories of a gang rape on a medical student in December. Over the weekend as the girl was being treated at a hospital here, doctors tended ...

Show cause notices to senior Delhi Police officers in medical student's gang rape case

Press Trust of India | Monday April 1, 2013

Government has served show-cause notices to two senior IPS officers and several others asking them to explain why action should not be initiated against them for alleged dereliction of duty in connection with the December 16 gang-rape incident in New...

Delhi gang-rape trial: accused Mukesh rushed to hospital

Agence France-Presse | Monday March 25, 2013

A defendant in the New Delhi bus gang-rape trial was admitted to hospital on Monday with chest pains, a fortnight after his brother and co-accused was found dead in a prison cell, a report said.

Blog: Anti-rape bill goes easy on first-time stalkers, but only if innocent

Aditya Kalra, Reuters | Thursday March 21, 2013

Women have become increasingly worried about their safety in New Delhi after the gang rape and torture of a young woman aboard a moving bus last December. Not for nothing do people call the city India's rape capital. Beyond the leers and the crass wo...

Delhi gang-rape case: four other accused write to Home Minister, demand more security

Reported by Tanima Biswas, edited by Samira Shaikh | Tuesday March 12, 2013

After Ram Singh, one of the men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in Delhi was found hanging in his Tihar Jail cell yesterday, four other men facing trial in the case and lodged at Tihar have written to the Home Minister and Delhi's p...

Eight suspects in Constable Tomar's death are innocent, says police

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 12, 2013

Delhi Police on Tuesday gave a clean chit to eight people booked in constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests in New Delhi in December last year.

Women's safety a priority? Anti-rape law delayed again

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday March 12, 2013

A new proposal for tough anti-rape laws has been delayed again by the government, which has been keen to telegraph its commitment to improving safety for women since the fatal gang-rape of a student on a Delhi bus triggered protests and a call for ch...

Delhi gang-rape case: three cellmates slept through Ram Singh's suicide, claim officials

Reported by Alok Pandey, Tanima Biswas (with inputs from Agencies); Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, was discovered hanging in his prison by a constable at 5 am, jail officials told NDTV.

After Ram Singh's death, other suspects ask to be moved from Tihar Jail

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday March 11, 2013

Ram Singh, the man described by the Delhi Police as the mastermind of the fatal gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi, an attack that stunned India and stirred angry protests, was found dead in his cell at Tihar Jail this morning. Officials say he ...

Delhi gang-rape case: murder, not suicide, says Ram Singh's lawyer; family wants CBI inquiry

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning. Ram Singh's family and lawyers ...

India rape suspect found dead in jail

Niharika Mandhana and Heather Timmons, The New York Times | Monday March 11, 2013

One of the men accused in the Delhi gang rape case was found dead in his jail cell on Monday morning, a jail official said.

Delhi gang-rape main accused Ram Singh allegedly used his own clothes to hang himself in Tihar Jail

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013

In a huge security lapse, Ram Singh, one of the six men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in a moving bus in Delhi last December, has allegedly committed suicide at Tihar Jail, where he was lodged. He reportedly used his own clothes t...

Delhi gang-rape case: murder, not suicide, says Ram Singh's lawyer; family wants CBI inquiry

Agencies | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a medical student onboard a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified the country and triggered protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning.