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| Badri Singh Pandey |
The
father of the New Delhi gang-rape victim has revealed his daughter’s identity
to a British newspaper and called for her name to be made public “to give courage
to other women” in an interview.
“My
daughter, Jyoti Singh Pandey, didn’t do anything wrong, she died while
protecting herself,” he told the Sunday People. “We want the world to know her
real name.
“I
am proud of her,” he added. “Revealing her name will give courage to other
women who have survived these attacks. They will find strength from my
daughter.”
Indian
law forbids the naming of victims of sexual offences to shield them from social
stigma, but her identity and that of her father was published in the British
tabloid.
The
paper also carried a photograph of the father but said the family had asked it
not to publish a photograph of the victim.
The
father also used the interview, which took place in the village of Billia in
the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to renew his calls for the
attackers to be hanged.
The
victim was a physiotherapy student interning in New Delhi who had been to see
the “Life of Pi” film at an upmarket shopping mall.
Her
boyfriend was also injured as he tried to prevent the assault which took place
on a moving bus on December 16, stirring violent protests and a bout of
soul-searching on the treatment of women and rising sex crime in India.
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