Two sides of the rape backlash
January 01, 2013  11:59
The protests against the December 16 gang rape appear to have unwittingly led a teenaged Delhi student to commit suicide after being arrested for lewd behaviour with a girl on a bus.

Apparently unnerved by the eye-for-an-eye sentiments some of the protesters expressed, Chandrakant, 19, hanged himself at his home after receiving bail while fellow accused Sonu, 18, drank poison and is critical, police said.

An officer at Mehrauli police station said Chandrakant and Sonu had pleaded with the cops not to inform the media about their arrest.

"They were very scared that they would be beaten to death by the people protesting against the gang rape. They told us they would never again indulge in such acts,' he said.

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