Delhi gangrape victim's body flown to India, cremated
New Delhi, Dec 30: Amid outpouring of anger and grief in the country, the body of the 23-year-old gangrape victim was flown here from Singapore early this morning and cremated within hours.
The
mortal
remains
were
flown
to
the
capital
in
a
Special
Aircraft
of
Air
India
and
after
landing
at
IGI
airport,
the
plane
was
taken
to
its
technical
area
where
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh
and
Congress
chief
Sonia
Gandhi
were
present
to
receive
the
body.
Both Singh and Gandhi spoke to the family members and consoled them. The body was then taken to Mahavir Enclave residence where the girl lived and religious rituals were performed before taking it to the crematorium at Dwarka Sector 24 amid heavy deployment of Delhi Police and RAF personnel.
The cremation took place under a dense cover of fog. Minister of state for Home Affairs R P N Singh, West Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra, Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta were also present at the cremation.
Media was not allowed in the crematorium. A Special aircraft of Air India carrying the mortal remains of the victim, who died in Mount Elizebeth hospital yesterday morning, landed at IGI airport here at around 3.30 am.
The girl, a physiotherapy student, was gangraped and brutally assaulted allegedly by six men in a moving bus in south Delhi on December 16 night. She died yesterday morning. While undergoing treatment at Safdarjung hospital, she was shifted to the Singapore hospital for further treatment.
The aircraft AIC-380A took off from Singapore at around 12:30 AM local time (10:00 PM IST Saturday), Indian High Commission officials said.
On the chartered plane, sent by the Indian government, were her family members who have been in Singapore since the girl was brought to the hospital here in an extremely critical condition.
The victim, who underwent three surgeries, had damaged internal organs in the assault. She also suffered a cardiac arrest and brain injury.
Police have slapped murder charges, which has death penalty in rarest of rare cases, against the six accused and will file the chargesheet against them on January three. Investigators said they will seek the harshest punishment for the culprits.
The aircraft AIC-380A took off from Singapore at around 12:30 AM local time (10:00 PM IST Saturday), Indian High Commission officials said.
The girl breathed her last yesterday at 4:45 AM (2:15 AM IST). On the chartered plane, sent by the Indian government, were her family members who have been in Singapore since the girl was brought to the hospital here in an extremely critical condition.
The victim, who underwent three surgeries, had damaged internal organs in the assault. She also suffered a cardiac arrest and brain injury.
Police have slapped murder charges, which has death penalty in rarest of rare cases, against the six accused and will file the chargesheet against them on January three. Investigators said they will seek the harshest punishment for the culprits.
PTI