[h=3]By AMOL SHARMA[/h]NEW DELHI—The body of the rape victim whose death has unleashed a wave of anger and grief in India was flown back to New Delhi early Sunday from Singapore and was received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, a government spokeswoman said.
Associated PressNew Delhi police officers stand guard at a check point on Sunday after security was increased following the death of a rape victim.
The 23-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified by authorities, had been receiving specialized treatment at a hospital in Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital before she died on Saturday, succumbing to severe organ failure. Within hours of returning home aboard a special Air India aircraft, the body was taken to the victim's Delhi residence for a cremation witnessed by a battery of senior Indian officials, according to Press Trust of India.
The gang-rape of the woman on Dec. 16 and her untimely death have shaken the national conscience. Six men picked up the woman and her male companion in a chartered bus, brutally beat them as they drove around South Delhi, and stripped them before throwing them out of the vehicle, police said. Following the woman's death, police slapped murder charges on the six alleged perpetrators, who are in judicial custody.
Associated PressNew Delhi police officers stand guard at a check point on Sunday after security was increased following the death of a rape victim.
The 23-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified by authorities, had been receiving specialized treatment at a hospital in Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital before she died on Saturday, succumbing to severe organ failure. Within hours of returning home aboard a special Air India aircraft, the body was taken to the victim's Delhi residence for a cremation witnessed by a battery of senior Indian officials, according to Press Trust of India.
The gang-rape of the woman on Dec. 16 and her untimely death have shaken the national conscience. Six men picked up the woman and her male companion in a chartered bus, brutally beat them as they drove around South Delhi, and stripped them before throwing them out of the vehicle, police said. Following the woman's death, police slapped murder charges on the six alleged perpetrators, who are in judicial custody.