Delhi Police finalise 1,000-page charge sheet in gang-rape case

December 31, 2012 05:59 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:15 pm IST - New Delhi

An Indian girl shouts during a protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The country remained in mourning Monday, two days after the 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her internal wounds in a Singapore hospital. AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Indian girl shouts during a protest in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The country remained in mourning Monday, two days after the 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her internal wounds in a Singapore hospital. AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Two days after the death of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim, Delhi Police on Sunday said it had finalised a 1,000-page charge sheet and plannned to submit it in court on Thursday.

A senior police official said the chargesheet, which is being vetted by legal experts, has cited 30 witnesses in connection with the December 16 incident. Investigators said they would seek the death penalty for the accused in the case.

Six persons have been arrested in connection with the incident, which evoked widespread outrage and anger and triggered violent protests in Delhi and across the country.

The charge sheet, to be filed in the Saket court, will detail the role of five men while a separate report would be sent to Juvenile Justice Board for the trial of the minor allegedly involved in the case, the official said.

The chargesheet gives details about the sequence of events, the treatment, shifting of the patient to a Singapore hospital as well as her death, the official said. Police have invoked rape, murder and other charges against the accused.

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