India rape victim body arrives her home town
India rape victim body arrives her home town
The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate on violence against women in India came back in New Delhi early Sunday and was quickly cremated in a private ceremony.
The unidentified 23-year-old medical student body to his injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action of a government that has struggled to respond to public outrage.
She had brain damage and severe internal injuries in the attack on 16 December and died in hospital in Singapore, where they were taken for treatment.
Order party leader Sonia Gandhi was seen arriving at the airport when the plane landed and Prime Minister Mon Mohan Singh convoy was there, the witness said.
The body was then taken to a crematorium and cremated. Media was kept away, but a Reuters witness saw the woman's family, Prime Minister of New Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, and the junior interior minister, RPN Singh, from the crematorium.
Security in the capital still tight after the authorities, worried reaction to news of her death, had deployed thousands of police on Saturday and closed some roads and subway stations.
Protesters have gathered in New Delhi and other cities, the pressure on the government to Singh harder to get over crimes against women to keep. Last weekend, protesters fought battles with police.
Sunday lines of police in riot police and armed with heavy wooden sticks stood for metal barricades to close roads in New Delhi. Morning traffic was light.
Newspapers doubt involvement of both male politicians and police to protect women.
"Would the Indian political system and class are so indifferent to the problem of sexual violence as a half or even a third of all legislators were women?" The Hindu newspaper said.
The Indian Express accepted police were understaffed and poorly paid, but there was more to it than that.
"It seeks to dominate people instead of working for them, not to mention the open influential interests," the newspaper said. "It reflects the misogyny around us, instead of actively fighting for the rights of citizens who happen to be women."
The unidentified 23-year-old medical student body to his injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action of a government that has struggled to respond to public outrage.
She had brain damage and severe internal injuries in the attack on 16 December and died in hospital in Singapore, where they were taken for treatment.
Order party leader Sonia Gandhi was seen arriving at the airport when the plane landed and Prime Minister Mon Mohan Singh convoy was there, the witness said.
The body was then taken to a crematorium and cremated. Media was kept away, but a Reuters witness saw the woman's family, Prime Minister of New Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, and the junior interior minister, RPN Singh, from the crematorium.
Security in the capital still tight after the authorities, worried reaction to news of her death, had deployed thousands of police on Saturday and closed some roads and subway stations.
Protesters have gathered in New Delhi and other cities, the pressure on the government to Singh harder to get over crimes against women to keep. Last weekend, protesters fought battles with police.
Sunday lines of police in riot police and armed with heavy wooden sticks stood for metal barricades to close roads in New Delhi. Morning traffic was light.
Newspapers doubt involvement of both male politicians and police to protect women.
"Would the Indian political system and class are so indifferent to the problem of sexual violence as a half or even a third of all legislators were women?" The Hindu newspaper said.
The Indian Express accepted police were understaffed and poorly paid, but there was more to it than that.
"It seeks to dominate people instead of working for them, not to mention the open influential interests," the newspaper said. "It reflects the misogyny around us, instead of actively fighting for the rights of citizens who happen to be women."
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