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| As Indian law prevents naming the victims of rape, Indian media started addressing Jyoti Singh as Nirbhaya or brave heart. (Video below) |
December 16, 2015, NewsCrunch
Asha Devi, the mother of the December 16 gangrape victim, spelt out India's best kept saddest secret - the name of the young girl whose death continues to torture the nation.
It's not Nirbhaya. It's Jyoti Singh.
Paying homage to her daughter at Jantar Mantar, Asha Devi said her daughter's name was Jyoti Singh and that she was not ashamed to name her.
"Those who commit heinous crimes like rape should be shamed, not the victims or their families. You should take her name too," she added.
It is for the first time anyone has mentioned Jyoti Singh's name in public.
The 23-year-old paramedical student was sexually assaulted on the night of December 16 three years ago, and died 13 days later.
As Indian law prevents naming the victims of rape, Indian media started addressing her as Nirbhaya or brave heart.
Asha Devi was addressing the audience at 'Nirbhaya Chetna Diwas' a public event organised by citizens groups at the Jantar Mantar.
She also demanded that the juvenile convict, who is scheduled to be released on December 20, should not be released.
Video: Watch Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi taking her name in public - She is Jyoti Singh
Retweeted NDTV (@ndtv): 'My daughter's name is Jyoti Singh': Nirbhaya's mother 3 years after Delhi gang-rape... https://t.co/eZ56sam7cl— Sanjeev Shrivastav (@sanjeevkumar11) December 16, 2015