Indian rape victim's body cremated

The body of a young woman who was gang-raped and brutally beaten on a moving bus in India's capital has been cremated. Indian police have charged six men with murder in the December 16 attack, which shocked the country and triggered protests for greater protection for women from sexual violence. The murder charges were laid yesterday, hours after the woman died in a Singapore hospital, where she had been flown for treatment. Her body was cremated in a private ceremony today in New Delhi soon after its arrival from Singapore on a special Air-India flight. Premier Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party, were at the airport to receive the body and meet family members of the victim who had also arrived on the flight. After the body arrived at the airport, it was taken to the woman's home in New Delhi for religious rituals before being escorted by police to the crematorium. Security was tight, with no access to the public or media at the crematorium. Sheila Dikshit, the senior elected leader of New Delhi, and junior home minister R.P.N. Singh placed wreaths beside the body before it was cremated. The six suspects face the death penalty if convicted, in a...