Bone test to confirm age of gangrape suspect

A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a juvenile suspect in custody for the fatal assault and gang-rape of a young woman in India, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the other five men arrested with him, police said yesterday.

The six will be formally charged in court tomorrow on accusations that they kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered the 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in New Delhi on Dec 16, Rajan Bhagat, a police spokesman, told reporters.

Media reports say some 30 witnesses have been gathered, and the charges have been detailed in a document running into more than 1,000 pages.