Delhi Rape Victim Dies in Hospital

NEW DELHI—The victim of a gang-rape earlier this month in India's capital that prompted widespread rage and a national debate over the treatment of women died in a Singapore hospital where she was receiving specialized care, according to her doctors.
The woman, who hasn't been identified but is in her early 20s, was airlifted to Singapore earlier this week after she was treated for injuries in a New Delhi hospital, including the removal of much of her intestines.
Doctors at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital said in a statement she "died peacefully" early Saturday with members of her family and officials from the High Commission of India by her side.
The woman was raped and beaten by a group of men on a bus as it was driven around India's capital on the night of Dec. 16. A male companion was badly beaten trying to defend her. Six men, including the bus driver, have been arrested and charged with offenses including rape and kidnapping, according to Delhi police.
The incident exposed a violent and chauvinistic side of a nation that is often portrayed world-wide as a rapidly growing democracy that respects personal freedom, and is full of aspiration-filled young people especially when compared with the intolerance toward women elsewhere in the region, notably in Pakistan and Afghanistan.