Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The chilling reason the Delhi bus gang-rapist blames his victim

Convicted rapist Mukesh Singh in India blames his victim for the rape. (AP)

By Terrence McCoy-March 3 at 5:52 AM
By now, the details of that horrible night are well known. A young woman, 23, had just completed a four-year study program and was about to begin an internship when she ventured out one December night to see a movie at a local Delhi cineplex with a male friend. Her family had high hopes for her. If anyone had the gumption and pluck to escape the three-bedroom basement apartment where she had been raised without running water — it was her.