She was referred to as Nirbhaya, meaning fearless. Initially, Jyoti’s name was kept private due to sex-assault-victim privacy laws in India. The next day, it was announced that Jyoti had passed away. On December 28, Jyoti’s health continued to worsen and the doctors informed the press that she was suffering from severe brain damage, pneumonia, and infection. On December 26, during a cabinet meeting, it was decided that Jyoti should be transferred from her hospital in New Delhi to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for further treatment.ĭuring the six-hour flight, Jyoti reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and never regained consciousness. She underwent five surgeries and was declared stable after the fifth but was still considered in critical condition.įollowing public outrage, the government and Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, were intent on making sure Jyoti received the best treatment possible. It’s reported that she was also sodomized with the iron rod used in her beating.
Jyoti had suffered serious wounds to her abdomen, intestines, and genitals.
Afterward, Jyoti and Awindra were abandoned in the middle of the road, while the rapists attempted to clean up the evidence from the bus. Jyoti was dragged to the back of the bus and beaten with the same iron rod while being sexually assaulted by those on board. The men on board shut off the lights, the bus stopped, and Awindra was brutally beaten and knocked unconscious with an iron rod. They boarded a bus that was reportedly off-duty, although it already had five other passengers plus the driver.Īwindra says he became nervous when the bus started taking a different route. On December 16, 2012, medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey and her friend Awindra Pratap Pandey were heading home after seeing a movie.
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