Indian officer dies from gang-rape protest injuries
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December 26, 2012, Wednesday
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AN Indian policeman injured in clashes during a protest over a gang-rape in New Delhi died yesterday, a police spokesman said, as much of the city center remained sealed off following the violence.
Subash Tomar, a 47-year-old constable deployed at the India Gate monument on Sunday to control the protests, was beaten up by a mob and rushed to hospital by the police.
Eight people have been arrested for the attack and have been charged with murder, New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
"These men had pelted stones at Tomar and had used a stick to beat the police official," Bhagat said.
Tomar's funeral took place yesterday and he was cremated in New Delhi with "full state honors," Bhagat added.
More than 50 policemen were injured in Sunday's violence as officers struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student.
Tomar's cousin Ajay, who was in the hospital to claim the body, said the constable had joined the police in 1985 and had never spent a single festival with the family.
"My cousin was always out on streets maintaining law and order. The mob attacked him for no reason. They just killed him," said Ajay Tomar.
Much of central Delhi remains sealed off after a wave of violent protests against the student's gang-rape in the capital on December 16 and over a surge in violence against women.
The rape victim's condition deteriorated on Monday night and she "continues to be in the intensive care unit and is having respiratory problems," said M. Mishra, a doctor at Safdarjung Hospital.
In a rare TV address on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged for calm following the weekend clashes and vowed to punish the rapists for their "monstrous" crime.
Meanwhile President Pranab Mukherjee also appealed for law and order.
"The anger of the youth should not overcome reason and there is need for practical action," Mukherjee said, according to reports.
Police barricaded roads leading to India Gate, a war memorial in the city that has become a hub of the protests.
Subash Tomar, a 47-year-old constable deployed at the India Gate monument on Sunday to control the protests, was beaten up by a mob and rushed to hospital by the police.
Eight people have been arrested for the attack and have been charged with murder, New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
"These men had pelted stones at Tomar and had used a stick to beat the police official," Bhagat said.
Tomar's funeral took place yesterday and he was cremated in New Delhi with "full state honors," Bhagat added.
More than 50 policemen were injured in Sunday's violence as officers struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student.
Tomar's cousin Ajay, who was in the hospital to claim the body, said the constable had joined the police in 1985 and had never spent a single festival with the family.
"My cousin was always out on streets maintaining law and order. The mob attacked him for no reason. They just killed him," said Ajay Tomar.
Much of central Delhi remains sealed off after a wave of violent protests against the student's gang-rape in the capital on December 16 and over a surge in violence against women.
The rape victim's condition deteriorated on Monday night and she "continues to be in the intensive care unit and is having respiratory problems," said M. Mishra, a doctor at Safdarjung Hospital.
In a rare TV address on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged for calm following the weekend clashes and vowed to punish the rapists for their "monstrous" crime.
Meanwhile President Pranab Mukherjee also appealed for law and order.
"The anger of the youth should not overcome reason and there is need for practical action," Mukherjee said, according to reports.
Police barricaded roads leading to India Gate, a war memorial in the city that has become a hub of the protests.
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