The woman's remains were flown back to Delhi from Singapore
BBC
A young Indian woman who died after being gang-raped on a bus has been cremated in the capital, Delhi.
The ceremony came hours after an aircraft chartered by the Indian
government brought the woman's body back to the city, reports the BBC.
The 23-year-old medical student died in a Singapore hospital where she was being treated for severe injuries.
On Saturday, thousands of people took part in peaceful protests across India to demand more protection for women.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at Indira Gandhi International
Airport for the arrival of the plane which landed at about 04:15 (22:45
GMT), AFP news agency reported, quoting security sources.
Witnesses said a convoy carrying a gold-coloured coffin and the
victim's parents then drove towards the Janakpuri district of Delhi
where she had been living.
The funeral was held amid tight security.
Six men arrested for the 16 December rape have been charged with murder. If convicted, they face the death penalty.
On Saturday, candlelit vigils were held across India to mourn the woman and express anger and sorrow at her death.
Large areas of Delhi were sealed off and hundreds of armed police and
riot troops deployed as news of the victim's death spread.
The Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore said the woman "passed away peacefully" early on Saturday.
Hospital chief executive Kelvin Loh said she had suffered severe organ
failure following serious injuries to her body and brain.
Indian PM Mr Singh said he was "very saddened" by the woman's death,
and that the angry public reaction was "perfectly understandable".
He called on politicians and the public to set aside "narrow sectional
interest" and work together to make India "a demonstrably better and
safer place for women to live in".
The woman - a medical student whose identity has not been released -
and her friend had been to see a film when they boarded the bus in the
Munirka area of Delhi, intending to travel to Dwarka in the south-west
of the city.
Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, and both she and her
companion were beaten with iron bars, then thrown out of the moving bus
into the street.
The assault sparked angry protests about the general conditions for
women in India, and about what is seen as an inadequate police response
to rape allegations.
Officials have since announced a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women.
These include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and
their assistants, and the banning of buses with tinted windows or
curtains.
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