An Indian court has convicted
four men over the fatal gang rape;the men, along with another suspect who
hanged himself in prison and a juvenile who was convicted in August, were
riding through the city on an off-duty bus in December when they tricked the
23-year-old woman and a male friend into boarding.
This brutal attack set off
waves of protest in India, giving voice to years of anger over the treatment of
women and a silent epidemic of sexual harassment and rape.
It was gathered that they beat the woman's friend into submission,
then they repeatedly raped her, also
assaulted her with an iron rod, which caused severe internal injuries that led
to her death two weeks later. As a rape victim, The woman cannot be identified
under Indian law, as she was a rape victim.
One of the protesters, a law
school graduate Rapia Pathania ,said ‘’Every girl at any age experiences this -
harassment or rape. We don't feel safe.’’ "That's why we're here. We want
this case to be an example for every other case that has been filed and will be
filed."
Dozens of protesters gathered
outside the court, calling the case a wake-up call for India and demanding the
death penalty for the men.
Judge Yogesh Khanna, while reading out his verdict said the men had committed "murder of a
helpless person". Sentences for the men, who face the possibility of
hanging, are expected to be handed down on Wednesday.
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