header banner

Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family

alt=
By No Author
NEW DELHI, India, March 12: The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a trial for rape has been released to his family after a post-mortem exam.



Journalists outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences saw the body of Ram Singh loaded onto an ambulance and taken away accompanied by his family. [break]



The 33-year-old was found dead in his cell at Tihar Jail early Monday. Authorities say he killed himself, but his family says he was killed.



Singh was on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus. Four other men and a juvenile remain on trial for the attack, which horrified India.



A magistrate is investigating Singh´s death.



Related story

Food crisis looms large as drought hits Madhesh districts

Related Stories
WORLD

Desperate search for missing girls as nearly 80 de...

6gF0nzTAaWVBgM9MsMUl0qcLxxCVrjdLcvk7UYJY.jpg
POLITICS

UML Kaski demands dismissal of corruption tainted...

kzyqZFaVIRlwh1VKldyrUlUjAZOQiNUuXAYbR83D.jpg
SOCIETY

Police arrest fugitive defendant in rape case

u6tYLyHRhsAuB6Hti9U4h3di47jtKABpvzDB0SsL.jpg
My City

Break taboos to reinstate rape victims

rapevictims.jpg
POLITICS

Cooperative fraud case: Ex vice-president’s son Di...

vUcbtScB3Y4UKXU370geaIBgFRMEMeoAktQGnBM0.jpg