Delhi gang-rape: Rapists pix online soon

Demonstrators light candles and place placards in the sand during a protest rally in solidarity with a rape victim from New Delhi in Mumbai on December 27 (REUTERS)

Published Saturday, December 29, 2012

By Staff & Reuters

Indian government has decided to post photos, names and addresses of the men convicted in the Delhi gang-rape case.

According to a NDTV report, the details will be shared on the National Crime Records Bureau website shortly. The Junior Home Minister said the purpose was to name and shame them and prevent usch acts in future.

The 23-year-old medical student, who was severely beaten, raped for almost an hour and thrown out of a moving bus in New Delhi, was airlifted to Singapore on Dec. 26 for specialist treatment, where she died on Saturday.

The victim had already undergone three abdominal operations before arriving in Singapore where her condition on Thursday was described as "extremely critical".

Demonstrations over the lack of safety for women erupted across India after the Dec. 16 attack on the unnamed victim, culminating last weekend in pitched battles between police and protesters in the heart of the capital.

New Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among India's major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours, according to police figures. Government data show the number or reported rape cases in the country rose by nearly 17 per cent between 2

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