A man in New Delhi, India -- who was present last month at a brutal gang rape on a bus that led to the death of the 23-year-old victim -- spoke publicly for the first time yesterday with details of the attack and harsh words for police, who he said wasted time fighting over jurisdiction before taking the woman to a hospital, the Wall Street Journal website reports today (January 5, 2013).
The incident has spurred protests across India for better policing and tougher laws to protect women from sexual assault.
India's Home Ministry said yesterday it will recruit 2,500 female police personnel in New Delhi and dispatch at least a dozen to every police station in the city to enhance security for women.
A bus driver and five other men face murder charges -- and the death penalty, if convicted -- of raping and assaulting the woman before throwing her off the bus, naked, onto a highway. The woman died on December 29 as a result of the gang rape and attack.
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