Indian gang rape victim’s body cremated privately

By Ashok Sharma

Published December 31, 2012 2:21am ET

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Indian gang rape victim’s body cremated privately — Indians hold a candle light vigil to salute the undying spirit of a rape victim and to mourn her death in New Delhi, India , Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violence. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das) | Saurabh Das

NEW DELHI (AP) — A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India’s capital was cremated privately as millions of grieving, angry residents demanded greater protection for women from sexual violence.

The cremation took place during a private ceremony in New Delhi soon after the woman’s body arrived in the capital Sunday on a special Air India flight from Singapore, where she died at a hospital Saturday after being sent for medical treatment.

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