“The public is responsible for my father's death. He was brutally beaten up by people. Can they return my father back?” asked a wailing Deepak, his 22-year-old son who lit the funeral pyre with his brother.
Eight people were Sunday night arrested for the attack on Tomar but got bail the next day, Joint Commissioner of Police Taj Hassan said. They will now be booked for murder.
At Sardarjung Hospital, doctors said the young woman who was gang-raped by six males in a moving bus Dec 16 night was still not out of danger.
“Her condition is still critical. She is on partial ventilator support, but better compared to (Monday) as her internal bleeding has significantly reduced,” doctor P.K. Verma told reporters.
“She is psychologically stable, and her fighting spirit is on. She is hopeful of a good future and needs emotional strength,” psychiatrist R. Rastogi said.
The anti-rape protests Tuesday were a pale shadow of what was seen over the past three days when thousands took to the streets. The anger over the sexual assault triggered massive violence Sunday.
On Tuesday, 100 to 300 mainly young protesters chanted slogans near the Jantar Mantar monument in the heart of the capital demanding justice to the victim. Some wanted the rapists to be hanged.
