{{There has been shock and outrage in India over the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a city bus in the capital, Delhi.}}<\/p>\n
The student and a male friend she was travelling with were beaten, stripped and thrown out of the bus in the attack on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
The couple have been admitted to hospital, where the woman is said to be in a critical condition.<\/p>\n
Police have arrested the driver of the bus and detained several persons.<\/p>\n
Delhi’s rape figures are higher than for other Indian cities of comparable size, correspondents say.<\/p>\n
City shamed, headlined The Times of India, saying that Sunday’s incident is a “new low for a city already notorious as India’s rape capital”.<\/p>\n
Savagery Shames City, headlined Mail Today, adding that “horror had revisited the streets of the capital” on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
The newspaper said that 582 cases of rape had been reported in Delhi so far this year.<\/p>\n
Delhi Shamed Again, said The Pioneer, saying the incident had “again renewed focus on the dismal state of safety for girls and women who venture out at night”.<\/p>\n
The Indian Express said the bus was driven around on a stretch in south Delhi for more than an hour and had “crossed” three police patrol vans.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit told The Hindu newspaper that this was a “shockingly extraordinary case”.<\/p>\n
“We want to ensure that the culprits are not granted bail under any circumstances. Stringent punishment for them is the need of the hour,” she said.<\/p>\n
Mr Dikshit said he would be considering the setting up of a fast track court to “ensure speedy justice to the victim”.<\/p>\n
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