Shinde condoles death of gangrape victim

Condoling the death of the gangrape victim, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde today pledged to strengthen laws to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

Condoling the death of the gang-rape victim, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday pledged to strengthen laws to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

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He also said that the real tribute to the 23-year-old victim will be to ensure maximum punishment to the culprits.

In a message to the family, he said, "A real tribute to her will be to ensure maximum punishment to the culprits.

"I pledge to work to strengthen the laws and ensure that such an incident never gets repeated again," he said.

The girl, who was gangraped and brutally assaulted by six men in a moving bus in south Delhi, died in a Singapore hospital early on Saturday morning after battling for life for her past 13 days.