An Indian cycle-rickshaw driver waits outside the Lok Nayak hospital in New Delhi on May 15, 2013. A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi last December is critically ill after being attacked in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, weeks after the main accused died in the same jail. Vinay Sharma was rushed to the state-run Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday with chest injuries after he was assaulted in Tihar Jail, lawyer A. P. Singh told.
Indian men smoke cigarettes as they walk past the entrance of the Lok Nayak hospital in New Delhi on May 15, 2013. A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi last December is critically ill after being attacked in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, weeks after the main accused died in the same jail. Vinay Sharma was rushed to the state-run Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday with chest injuries after he was assaulted in Tihar Jail, lawyer A. P. Singh told.
Indian private security guards man the entrance to the Lok Nayak hospital in New Delhi on May 15, 2013. A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi last December is critically ill after being attacked in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, weeks after the main accused died in the same jail. Vinay Sharma was rushed to the state-run Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday with chest injuries after he was assaulted in Tihar Jail, lawyer A. P. Singh told.
In this photograph taken on March 11, 2013, Indian media representatives surround an ambulance as it leaves the main entrance of Tihar Jail in New Delhi. A probe into the death of a man suspected of gang-raping a student on a New Delhi bus last December blames jail officials for failing to monitor him adequately, an Indian media report said on March 17, 2013. Ram Singh, one of six men on trial over the deadly assault which sparked mass protests across India, was found dead in his cell in the high-security Tihar Jail, on March 11, where he had been held since his arrest after the crime.
An Indian prisoner transport vehicle, believed to be ferrying the gangrape accuseds, leaves the Saket District court in New Delhi on March 12, 2013. The father of the main suspect in the New Delhi gang-rape case said March 12 he had found multiple injuries on his son's body as a post-mortem tried to establish the cause of death in his prison cell. While prison authorities have said that 34-year-old Ram Singh committed suicide on March 11 in his cell at Delhi's maximum-security Tihar Jail, his family and lawyer have both claimed that he was murdered.
Delhi Police personnel stand guard outside the Saket District court in New Delhi on March 12, 2013. The father of the main suspect in the New Delhi gang-rape case said March 12 he had found multiple injuries on his son's body as a post-mortem tried to establish the cause of death in his prison cell. While prison authorities have said that 34-year-old Ram Singh committed suicide on March 11 in his cell at Delhi's maximum-security Tihar Jail, his family and lawyer have both claimed that he was murdered.
Delhi Police personnel stand guard outside the Saket District court in New Delhi on March 12, 2013. The father of the main suspect in the New Delhi gang-rape case said March 12 he had found multiple injuries on his son's body as a post-mortem tried to establish the cause of death in his prison cell. While prison authorities have said that 34-year-old Ram Singh committed suicide on March 11 in his cell at Delhi's maximum-security Tihar Jail, his family and lawyer have both claimed that he was murdered.
A Delhi policeman stands guard outside the Saket District court in New Delhi on March 12, 2013. The father of the main suspect in the New Delhi gang-rape case said March 12 he had found multiple injuries on his son's body as a post-mortem tried to establish the cause of death in his prison cell. While prison authorities have said that 34-year-old Ram Singh committed suicide on March 11 in his cell at Delhi's maximum-security Tihar Jail, his family and lawyer have both claimed that he was murdered.
Delhi Police personnel assemble in the neighbourhood of the home of gang-rape accused Ram Singh who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison, in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
Delhi Police personnel assemble in the neighbourhood of the home of gang-rape accused Ram Singh who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison, in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
Delhi Police personnel arrive in search of relatives of gang-rape accused Ram Singh who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison, at his locked shanty in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
Delhi Police personnel arrive in search of relatives of gang-rape accused Ram Singh who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison, at his locked shanty in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
A neighbour sits on the roof next to the locked shanty of gang-rape accused Ram Singh who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
A lock is seen on the door of gang-rape accused Ram Singh's shanty who was found hanged in his cell in high security Tihar prison in New Delhi on March 11, 2013. The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012, has reportedly been found hanged in jail on March 11, 2013, while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim's family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing, according to officials at Delhi's top-security Tihar jail.
A Kashmiri student looks on as schools and colleges in the Kashmir valley re-opened after days of protests and shutdowns against the Febraury 9 hanging of Indian Parliament attack convicted Mohammed Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail, in Srinagar on March 11, 2013. With at least four protestors killed and hundreds injured in street violence, education instititions which were scheduled to re-open March 1 following winter vacation, remained closed for a further ten days.
Kashmiri students look on as schools and colleges in the Kashmir valley re-opened after days of protests and shutdowns against the Febraury 9 hanging of Indian Parliament attack convicted Mohammed Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail, in Srinagar on March 11, 2013. With at least four protestors killed and hundreds injured in street violence, education instititions which were scheduled to re-open March 1 following winter vacation, remained closed for a further ten days.
Kashmiri students look on as schools and colleges in the Kashmir valley re-opened after days of protests and shutdowns against the Febraury 9 hanging of Indian Parliament attack convicted Mohammed Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail, in Srinagar on March 11, 2013. With at least four protestors killed and hundreds injured in street violence, education instititions which were scheduled to re-open March 1 following winter vacation, remained closed for a further ten days.
Two Kashmiri students look on as schools and colleges in the Kashmir valley re-opened after days of protests and shutdowns against the Febraury 9 hanging of Indian Parliament attack convicted Mohammed Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail, in Srinagar on March 11, 2013. With at least four protestors killed and hundreds injured in street violence, education instititions which were scheduled to re-open March 1 following winter vacation, remained closed for a further ten days.