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Delhi Gang-Rape Victim Dies; President, PM Condole Victim's Death

The 23-year-old girl, who was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi, died in a Singapore hospital early Saturday (Dec. 29, 2012).

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condoled her death and vowed to do everything possible to make India a better place for women. The Indian government had said it would pay all her medical bills in Singapore.

The victim had suffered multiple-organ failure after she was raped by six males, including a suspected juvenile, in a moving bus in Delhi for some 40 minutes on Dec. 16 night and dumped her by a roadside after being assaulted and brutalized with an iron rod.

Her male friend was also badly beaten up and thrown out of the bus. All six accuse have been arrested and are in Delhi's Tihar Central Jail.

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