Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday remembered Nirbhaya, the 23 year old para-medical girl student who was gangraped on December 16, 2012 in a moving bus in Delhi and later died in a Singapore hospital. The Chief Minister also pledged to ensure a strong struggle for women safety “despite all hurdles”.
“Six years ago on this day one of the most brutal and worst crime was committed in the history of Delhi. Only way to keep the brave Nirbhaya alive in our minds is to ensure a strong struggle for women safety despite all hurdles in our way,” Kejriwal said on Twitter.
The 23-year-old paramedical student was gang-raped by six people in a moving on a cold December 16,2012 night. She had boarded a privately plying bus with her friend to reach to her house in Dwarka. Little did she know that was going to be her last journey. She was gang raped and then thrown out of the moving bus in a state of undress. She was taken to AIIMS trauma center and then to Safdarjung hospital. She was flown to a Singapore hospital but was declared dead on December 29,2012.
The incident had then triggered a massive outrage and protests across the country, and she subsequently came to be known as ‘Nirbhaya’, the fearless.