As 'Amanat' (NOT her real name) lay on her hospital bed, struggling to survive, in the few words that she could scribble or signal, she asked if the six men who raped and tortured her had been arrested.
She wanted them brought to justice, she said. And, she wanted to live, she told her mother and brother three days after she was brutally gang-raped and assaulted in a moving bus in south Delhi.
Ten days later, Amanat is dead. She fought very hard, but lost her battle with the savagery inflicted on her body. The men who are accused of raping her one by one and inflicting wounds on her so grievous that her intestines had to be removed, are in custody. Charges of murder will be added to the chargesheet later today.
Ram Singh, age 33, was often drunk, according to the police, which says that its investigation reveals that the bus driver was also ill-tempered and "criminally minded". He has four brothers; three of them left the family home because he mistreated them, the police said. He then moved to a small one-room accommodation, which he shared with Mukesh
Not far from where Ram Singh and Mukesh live, is Vinay Sharma's home. The 19-year-old is a gym assistant studying Commerce. He is also now accused of murder and rape. Neighbours have described the teen as a diligent student. His father said, "I want my son to hang. Why did he go with these people?" In court, Vinay broke down and asked to be given the death penalty.
One of the accused is still reportedly a minor. He was on the run for more than a week after the incident, before being caught in Uttar Pradesh. He is too young to be named, but is accused of having been on that bus and participated in a crime so heinous, it has shaken the nation to its core.
The bus had tinted windows and curtains, banned in Delhi. But it was not stopped as it moved through a series of police check points.
They finally threw the couple out, unconscious, on a flyover, where they were found by a passer-by who called the police.
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