Nirbhaya was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for treatment and transferred to Singapore eleven days after the assault, where she succumbed to her injuries 2 days later.
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14 Facts About Nirbhaya
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Nirbhaya's friend became suspicious when the bus deviated from its normal route and its doors were shut.
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Nirbhaya was beaten, gagged and knocked unconscious with an iron rod.
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Nirbhaya was found with injury marks, including numerous bite marks, all over her body.
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Nirbhaya's father sold his ancestral land to educate her, and worked double shifts to continue to pay for her schooling.
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Nirbhaya was then beaten up and robbed of his mobile phone and 1500 in cash.
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Nirbhaya reported about the group in the bus robbing him to three police constables: Kailash, Ashok and Sandeep, who were passing nearby.
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Nirbhaya was reportedly plagued with guilt and trauma over the incident.
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Nirbhaya was posthumously awarded one of the 2013 International Women of Courage Awards of the US State Department.
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Nirbhaya was just short of 18 years when he committed the crime.
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Nirbhaya asks what am I doing so that many more like her get justice and I wake up to realise how helpless and trivial I am.
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Nirbhaya said that activists need to act in solidarity with other organisations to stop violence against women and girls around the world.
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Book on the Nirbhaya case titled Courting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and its Aftermath was authored by Rajesh Talwar, and published by Hay House in 2013.
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