The body of the Delhi gang rape victim, who died at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Saturday morning, is being flown back to India by a special chartered flight on Saturday.

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.

A statement by the well-known multi-organ transplant facility hospital said the 23-year-old victim died at 2:15 A M Indian Standard Time early on Saturday morning.

The patient's family and officials of the Indian High Commission in Singapore were by her side at the time of her death.

Scores of people are gathered at Jantar Mantar in Central Delhi demanding stringent punishment for the culprits.

Jawaharlal Nehru University students are also holding a silent protest near the Munirka flyover, the spot where the victim had boarded the bus along with her friend on the night of 16th December.

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.

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.