The body of the Delhi gang rape victim, who died at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore this morning, will be flown to India by a special chartered flight today. Indian High Commissioner to Singapore T C A Raghavan told reporters that the family of the girl including her parents will accompany the body. Addressing a press conference, he said the formalities, including getting a death certificate, for sending her body were being completed.

The girl who was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a Delhi bus on the 16th of this among was admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on Thursday in an extremely critical condition after undergoing three operations in Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. The Singapore hospital chief executive officer Dr Kelvin Loh said in a statement that the patient's condition took a turn for the worst last night. Her vital signs started deteriorating with severe organ failure despite doctors fighting for her life, including putting her on maximum artificial ventilation support, optimal antibiotic doses as well as stimulants which maximise body's capability to

Indian High Commissioner in Singapore T.C.A. Raghavan told reporters that the parents of the girl have requested to make arrangements for sending her body to India. He said the final few hours was a trying time for the girl's family and they bore the entire process with a great deal of fortitude and courage. Raghavan said the family has requested that their privacy be respected in their hour of grief. He said the best possible treatment was given to the victim, who wanted to live.
The incident has triggered public protests in India that left one policeman dead in Delhi.
Delhi Traffic Police DCP Satyendra Garg has said traffic restrictions in New Delhi areas, including India Gate would continue as a precautionary step.

Delhi Police has stepped up security in the national capital closing India Gate and Raisina Hill for the public, besides 10 Metro Rail stations.

A large number of police personnel have been deployed at Rajpath and the stretch connecting India Gate and Raisina Hill where largescale protests were witnessed last weekend.

A senior police official said the entire central Vista including Rajpath, Vijay Chowk and all roads leading to India Gate will be closed for general traffic. Ten Metro stations in Central Delhi were closed down till further orders, as a precautionary measure by Delhi Police. These are Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Barakhamba Road, Rajiv Chowk, Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Race Course, Jor Bagh and Khan Market. However, inter-change facility will be available at Rajiv Chowk and Central Secretariat stations.