Report: India rape case suspect commits suicide

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

By CNN Staff
March 11, 2013 -- Updated 0253 GMT (1053 HKT)

One of the men accused of raping and fatally beating a woman in a gang assault on a New Delhi bus has committed suicide, CNN affiliate IBN reported early Monday.

Ram Singh hanged himself with his clothes in his jail cell, the affiliate said, citing the director general of prisons.

He was one of five men charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in connection with the horrific attack.

The men's trial began in February and, if convicted, they could face the death penalty.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/10/world/asia/india-rape-suspect-suicide/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[hobbit709]

1. No great loss in my book.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Good. Maybe the others can do the same. nt

[Auntie Bush]

3. F$%^&*g coward!

[lib87]

4. Good For Him for Taking Some Initiative

Bye Bye!

[JI7]

5. i think he was the only one whose face has been seen also

because he was on one of those court tv type shows.

[alp227]

6. Ram Singh = ROTTEN. n/t

[niyad]

7. did he at least make some sort of apology to her family? at least, I guess, he saved the

taxpayers some money.

[JI7]

8. his lawyer made some comment about how a "respectable lady" would not be raped

and questioned why the victim was out so late with a guy she was not married to.

[niyad]

9. I remember that hateful pos. too bad he doesn't do as his client did.

[AAO]

10. I guess a guilty plea is no longer necessary.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. Good riddance to bad trash. nt

[SunSeeker]

12. He died a lot less painfully than she did.

The thought of those men raping her and then disemboweling her with a steel rod makes me have no sympathy for any of them. 1 down, 4 to go.

[Ken Burch]

13. In a week or so, he'll be back as a cockroach.

[nomorenomore08]

18. Or an amoeba. Or a virus.

[dipsydoodle]

14. Delhi gang rape: main suspect dead in apparent suicide, say police

The man accused of leading five others in the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in Delhi in December 2012 has been found dead in the high-security prison where he was being held during his trial.

The attack in the Indian capital prompted global outrage, protests across India and calls for deep legal and policing reforms. It also led to a fierce debate over attitudes to women as a factor contributing to the wave of sexual violence against women that has hit the country in recent years.

Ram Singh, 34, was on trial with five others at a specially established fast track court in Delhi and faced the death sentence. The trial opened in February but there have recently been delays. Singh was found hanged by his own clothes and a prison blanket at 5am, officials at Delhi's Tihar jail have said. An inquiry is under way.

There was shock in India at the news and fierce criticism of prison authorities. Relatives of the victims said they were disappointed that Singh, a bus driver with a history of hard drinking, had apparently been allowed to take his own life.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/11/delhi-gang-rape-suspect-suicide

Apologies for duplicating earlier.

[cosmicone]

15. One billboard in India read...

If the victim of the rape was sent to Singapore for better treatment, why can't the rapists be sent to Saudi Arabia for better justice?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

16. Supply the rest of them with ropes.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. To the people saying "good". I say the opposite. I hope the rest of these pieces of shit don't get

to take the easy way out.