Hang Me says One of the Rapist of Delhi Girl in Moving Bus

“Hang me!” So said an accused in the gang-rape of a young woman Wednesday in a Delhi court which sent him and two others to police remand after all of them admitted their involvement in the crime.

Vinay Sharma, 20, an assistant gym instructor, told the court that he had beaten up the gang-rape victim’s male friend but did nothing with the girl and told Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg: “Hang me!”

“I have committed a horrible crime. I had beaten up the boy. I should be hanged,” the man said.

Another accused, Pawan Gupta, a 19-year-old fruit seller, admitted he had “wronged” the woman but did not admit to raping her.

Accused Sharma, Gupta and Mukesh, the brother of co-accused bus driver Ram Singh, in whose vehicle the crime took place, were presented in the Saket court.

Metropolitan Magistrate Namrita Agarwal sent Gupta and Sharma to four days’ police custody. Mukesh was sent to Tihar jail on 14 days’ custody.

Mukesh, after confessing to the crime, agreed to undergo an identification parade. Gupta and Sharma refused to do so.

Gupta told the court that he did not want to undergo the identification exercise as he had committed a “horrible act”.

The court said that Mukesh would undergo the identification drill – in which an alleged offender is brought before witnesses and victims – Dec 20 in jail.

The bus driver, who was Tuesday sent to police remand till Dec 23, had refused to undergo the identification parade.

The Delhi High Court took suo moto notice of the gang-rape incident and remarked: “Nobody is safe here.” The high court told police to file a report by Friday.

The high court also gave its approval to set up five fast track courts in the city to deal with cases of sexual assault on women.

Chief Justice D. Murugesan, however, said that “unless investigation was conducted properly and witnesses produced during trial, even fast track courts would not serve any purpose, rather it will lead to acquittal within three months”.

The rape and torture occurred Sunday night when the woman and her male friend boarded a private bus in south Delhi after watching a movie.

In Gurgaon also, the Students of a women’s college demanded death for those who raped a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in Delhi Sunday night.

The protest was oraganised by the students of Government Post Graduate College for Women on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road at sector 14.

The students gathered in the college campus and shouted slogans against the gangrape accused and the Delhi Police for alleged negligence, a professor said.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) Haryana executive committee member Preeti Adhana and college president Bharti Sarwan also participated in the protest.

The students were holding banners in their hands demanding death penalty for the accused in the gang-rape. They also prayed for the health of victim fighting for her life in hospital.

They said the accused deserve only gallows for the crime.

On the other hand, Ashok Diwakar, principal of the college Wednesday wrote a letter to the Gurgaon police commissioner for deployment of a permanent police Gypsy van near the gate of the college.

Later, police assured the principal to provide full security for students and teachers.

“From Thursday, a special police van will be deployed near the college and would make frequent patrolling at nearby roads of the institution,” Diwakar said.

He added: “Joint Police Commissioner Anil Kumar Rao has assured us that ladies police in civil dress will also keep close watch on miscreants.”

In Kolkata also, there has been protests against the Gang Rape and Death Sentence for the Rapists

“Unless there are tougher laws which provide exemplary punishment, rapes will continue. The rapist should be hanged in public,” said a female student.

“India should bring a law similar to what Gulf countries have. The action needs to be fast. The offenders should be given very painful punishments before they are hanged to death,” said Jacob Abrahams.

While the demand for death for the accused was loud, there were others who expressed concern over their own security in the city.

“Rapes have happened in Kolkata before. Molestation and eve-teasing have become the order of the day. As a woman, I am apprehensive of going out at night,” said Payel Sengupta, a housewife.

The virtual world was also abuzz with demands for hanging the culprits.

“They should be hanged #Delhi-gang rape,” tweeted Bengali actress Koel Mallick, who was seconded by fellow actress Koneenica Banerjee.

West Bengal Women Commission chairperson Sunanda Mukherjee said: “Growing instances of crimes against women have made them worried about going out alone at night.”

The woman, who hails from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, is on ventilator and battling for life in Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi.