India executes four men for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests
People hold Indian national flags as they stand outside the gates of Tihar Jail to celebrate the execution of the four men convicted in the gang-tape and murder of a student in 2012, in New Delhi on March 20, 2020.
Hundreds of police were deployed outside the jail to control a crowd that waited to celebrate the execution. Some held placards that read "Justice for women" and "Hang the culprits". Six men were arrested for the brutal attack. One suspect, Ram Singh, was found dead in his jail cell in March 2013, having apparently taken his own life.
In 2017, the Supreme Court upheld death sentences against four men, with judges ruling the crime met the "rarest of the rare " standard required to justify capital punishment in India. Outrage over her death led to India passing tough new laws against sexual violence, including the death penalty for rape in some cases.
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