The 23-year-old girl who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi died on Saturday at a Singapore hospital. Stay with TOI Live Blog for latest updates.
11:44 AMA police van carrying the body of the Delhi rape victim leave Mount ElizabethHospital for the morgue in Singapore on December 29, 2012.
11:41 AMHospital staff carry body of Delhi rape victim
Undertakers and hospital staff carry the body of the Delhi rape victim into a van as they leave Mount Elizabeth Hospital for the morgue in Singapore on December 29, 2012. (Reuters)
11:35 AM“Deeply saddened & distressed by the news of India’s braveheart daughter passing away. My deepest condolences with her family.”
- Narendra Modi
11:34 AM“Rest in Peace brave one.”
- Omar Abdullah
11:00 AMWatch: Sushilkumar Shinde condoles death of victim
10:42 AMWatch: India Gate, Rajpath closed for public, security beefed up
10:15 AMGang-rape case: Delhi Police to invoke murder charges
Delhi Police will invoke murder charges against the six men allegedly involved in the gang-rape and brutal assault of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus after she died in aSingapore hospital 13 days after treatment.
09:45 AMWatch: 10 metro station shut down
09:41 AMWatch: Govt condoles death of gang-rape victim
09:36 AM“I am deeply distressed by the unfortunate demise of the 23-year-old girl who passed away early this morning in Singapore. She was a brave and courageous girl who fought till the very last minute for her dignity and her life. She is a true hero and symbolises the best in Indian youth and women.”
- President Pranab Mukherjee
09:33 AMIndia Gate, Raisina Hills closed for public, security beefed up
09:17 AMStranded commuters stand outside the closed entrance of a Delhi Metro station.
09:17 AMDelhi Police to invoke murder charges against accused in the case of the Delhi gangrape victim following her death.
09:03 AM10 Metro stations closed down in city
The stations which will remain out of bounds for people are Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Barakhamba Road, Rajiv Chowk, Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Race Course, Jor Bagh and Khan Market.
09:03 AMDelhi Police seal off city centre
Fearing large-scale protests following the death of the gang-rape victim, Delhi Police Saturday announced that India Gate and its surrounding areas that comprise the capital’s power centre would be out of bounds for the general public.
08:31 AMThe body of the gang-raped victim will be flown back to India today on a chartered plane, Indian high commissioner Dr T C A Raghavan says.
08:30 AMMy thoughts are with the girl’s family: Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit
08:30 AMPeople should maintain peace and calm: Sheila Dikshit
08:29 AMThis is a moment of shame and sadness, says Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
08:26 AM”The family is shattered by this development. At the same time, they realised that best possible medical attention was given. And in the end it was the scale of injuries that proved too much for the medical attention provided to her,” the envoy said.
08:26 AMThe family of the girl wants the body to be taken to India, Indian HighCommissioner T C A Raghavan told reporters.
08:23 AMThe Prime Minister said he prays for the peace of the departed soul and hoped that her family will have the strength to bear this grievous loss.
08:23 AM“I want to tell them and the nation that while she may have lost her battle for life, it is up to us all to ensure that her death will not not have been in vain.”
- PM Manmohan Singh
08:22 AMPM Manmohan Singh condoles girl’s death
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday condoled the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim and expressed the hope that the entire political class and civil society will set aside narrow sectional interests and agenda to make India a demonstrably safer place to live in.
08:17 AMMount Elizabeth hospital
08:15 AM“The family is shattered by this development. At the same time, they realised that best possible medical attention was given. And in the end it was the scale of injuries that proved too much for the medical attention provided to her.”
- Indian High Commissioner T C A Raghavan
08:14 AMThe family of the girl wants the body to be taken to India, Indian HighCommissioner T C A Raghavan told reporters.
08:14 AM”Her family and officials from the High Commission of India were by her side. The Mount Elizabeth Hospital team of doctors, nurses and staff join her family in mourning her loss,” the statement said.
08:14 AM”We are very sad to report that the patient passed away peacefully at 4.45am on 29 Dec 2012 (Singapore time),” the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Kelvin Loh said in a statement.
08:14 AMThe girl, was admitted to the well-known multi-organ transplant facility Mount Elizabeth Hospital here on Thursday morning in an extremely critical condition, breathed her last at 4:45am (2:15am India time). She was earlier treated at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
08:14 AMThe 23-year-old girl, who put up a brave battle for life after she was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a Delhi bus a fortnight ago that had created a nationwide outrage, died early on Saturday morning in a Singapore hospital