Kolkata Dec 16 (IANS) Remembering the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape case in Delhi on its fifth year West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called for making a safe society.
"Remembering #Nirbhaya on the fifth anniversary of brutal Delhi incident. We cannot compensate her loss but let us resolve to keep our society safe " Banerjee tweeted.
The 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally gang raped inside a moving bus in Delhi on December 16 2012 which led to her death due to internal injuries 13 days later in a Singapore hospital.
The rapists six in all pounced on the young woman who had boarded the bus with her male friend to go home after seeing a movie.
After committing the crime they dumped both on the side of a road. Later some onlookers alerted the police. The sheer brutality of the crime led to nationwide revulsion and street protests.
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