Sonia, Rahul meet Delhi gangrape victim's family

February 02, 2013 20:50

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi met family members of the Delhi gangrape victim on Saturday evening, a day after government brought an ordinance providing for tough punishment to rapists.

Sonia and Rahul drove to the residence of the gangrape victim's family and was with the family members for over an hour.

The 23-year-old paramedic student was gangraped and brutally assaulted in December last year. She died a few days later in a Singapore hospital.

The parents of the girl told the Congress leaders that the proposed law on crimes against women should be such that there should be no recurrence of such an indicent. The two brothers of the girl were also present.

The Congress President hugged the mother of the girl and was visibly moved as the parents narrated their struggle to educate their children including the daughter.

Rahul also interacted with the brothers -- one is 12th pass and another 10th pass -- during which he also gave his phone number to them.

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