Indian police have charged six men with murder, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped a woman on a New Delhi bus two weeks ago in a case that shocked the country.

Indian police charged six men with murder today, hours after a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.

An Indian woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi died at a Singapore hospital, after her ordeal galvanised Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence that impacts thousands of them every day.

An Indian woman who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi has suffered “significant” brain injury and is fighting for her life, doctors say.