{"id":15092,"date":"2013-03-10T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-03-10T18:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:03:20","slug":"Delhi-gang-rape-suspect-kills-self-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15092","title":{"rendered":"Delhi gang rape suspect kills self in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a bus in New Delhi committed suicide in an Indian jail early Monday, raising further questions about a criminal justice system already criticized for failing to protect the nation’s women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ram Singh<\/strong>, who was accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was raped by a group of six men in December, was under suicide watch at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail when he hanged himself with his own clothes at about 5:30 a.m., police officials said.<\/p>\n

Singh and his four fellow defendants were facing the death penalty if convicted of the attack, which horrified Indians and set off national protests.<\/strong> A sixth accused is being tried and jailed separately because he is a juvenile.<\/p>\n

A defense lawyer and Singh’s family alleged foul play in his death and said he had been assaulted in jail prior to his death.<\/p>\n

“What do you mean killed himself? He has been killed in prison,” said A. P. Singh, a defense lawyer in the case. Lawyers for the defendants had previously accused police of beating confessions out of the men.<\/p>\n

Ram Singh’s father, Mangelal Singh, said his son had been raped in prison by other inmates and had been repeatedly threatened by inmates and guards.<\/strong> Nevertheless, he said he visited his son four days ago and the man appeared fine and gave no hint of the despair that could drive him to take his own life.<\/p>\n

Ram Singh also had a badly injured hand and would have been unable to orchestrate a suicide, his father said, speaking from outside his small home in a New Delhi slum.<\/p>\n

What goes around comes around! That’s why you should never worry about anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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