AAP holds candle light vigil to mark second anniversary of Nirbhaya gang rape

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday held a candle light vigil in the national capital to observe the second anniversary of the 2012 gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi, a case that led to nationwide protests.

AAP party members held placards and banners, protesting the prevalence of crime against women in New Delhi.

Earlier in the day, Congress party workers, including Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, held a candle light march to mark the occasion.

On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally gang raped and by six men, including a juvenile, in a bus. The woman later succumbed to grave intestinal injuries at a Singapore hospital, where she had been airlifted for specialised treatment.

The case, which branded New Delhi as the 'rape' capital of the country, pushed authorities to enact tougher laws, including allowing for death sentences to be handed down to repeat rape offenders.

The four adults accused in the case were awarded them death penalty on September 13, 2013, with the Delhi High Court upholding the death penalty in March 2014.

The case is currently with the Supreme Court after the convicts appealed against the judgement.