The Delhi gang rape was an incident that occurred on 16 December 2012 in South Delhi. Jyoti Singh watched "Life of Pi" with a male friend, Awindra Pratap Pandey, after which they boarded a privately run bus to return home. She was assaulted and gang raped on the bus; her friend was also physically assaulted during the incident. Both of them were subsequently thrown from the bus. She received emergency treatment including several surgeries in India and Singapore but died on 29 December 2012 because of the serious nature of the injuries she sustained in the assault.
The incident received widespread media coverage. The incident was condemned, triggering widespread public protest and criticism of the Indian government for not providing enough protection to women. International media covered the incident only after persistent public protests.
Six men were arrested, including a 17-year-old juvenile, and accused as perpetrators of the assaults. One detainee was found dead in his prison cell, as a result of a possible suicide, although his relatives alleged that he had been murdered. The four accused men were found guilty and sentenced to death, whilst the juvenile was given 3 years imprisonment, under the Juvenile Justice Act.
One of the convicted rapists serving life imprisonment, Mukesh Singh, was interviewed for the documentary. He said in the interview "When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they’d have dropped her off after ‘doing her’, and only hit the boy." He later added, "A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy … A decent girl won’t roam around at nine o’clock at night … Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes."
A. P. Singh, a defence lawyer in the case, was shown saying, “If my daughter or sister engaged in pre-marital activities and disgraced herself and allowed herself to lose face and character by doing such things, I would most certainly take this sort of sister or daughter to my farmhouse, and in front of my entire family, I would put petrol on her and set her alight.” Asked later if he stood by those comments, he insisted that he did.
A report by the Navbharat Times has suggested that Mukesh Singh was paid ₹40,000 to do the interview. According to the report, initially he had asked for₹200,000, but the amount was negotiated down and the sum was given to his family. However, the film maker denies that Mukesh Singh was paid for the interview.
The incident received widespread media coverage. The incident was condemned, triggering widespread public protest and criticism of the Indian government for not providing enough protection to women. International media covered the incident only after persistent public protests.
One of the convicted rapists serving life imprisonment, Mukesh Singh, was interviewed for the documentary. He said in the interview "When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they’d have dropped her off after ‘doing her’, and only hit the boy." He later added, "A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy … A decent girl won’t roam around at nine o’clock at night … Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes."
A. P. Singh, a defence lawyer in the case, was shown saying, “If my daughter or sister engaged in pre-marital activities and disgraced herself and allowed herself to lose face and character by doing such things, I would most certainly take this sort of sister or daughter to my farmhouse, and in front of my entire family, I would put petrol on her and set her alight.” Asked later if he stood by those comments, he insisted that he did.
A report by the Navbharat Times has suggested that Mukesh Singh was paid ₹40,000 to do the interview. According to the report, initially he had asked for₹200,000, but the amount was negotiated down and the sum was given to his family. However, the film maker denies that Mukesh Singh was paid for the interview.
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