Gang rape trial begins as father urges hangings

Five men have gone on trial over the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in Delhi as the victim’s father urged the fast-track court to deliver swift justice and sentence her attackers to death by hanging.

With the case being held behind closed doors and subject to a gagging order, it was left to one of the prosecutors to announce the start of the case to reporters packed outside the court in New Delhi.

“The trial has begun,” Dayan Krishnan said.