As he recalls the attack that killed his best friend and left him grievously wounded, the young IT operator still can’t fathom the depravity they encountered after a night out at a Delhi shopping centre.

One of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of an Indian student said police tortured him in custody and he and at least three of his co-defendants say they are innocent, lawyers said.

Indian police have filed rape and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus.