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| Fifth arrest in Delhi bus gang rape | Fifth arrest in Delhi bus gang rape |
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| Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a fifth person in connection with the gang rape on a bus of a young woman on Sunday. | Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a fifth person in connection with the gang rape on a bus of a young woman on Sunday. |
| Four people, including the bus driver, have already been arrested. | Four people, including the bus driver, have already been arrested. |
| The 23-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in a Delhi hospital. | The 23-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in a Delhi hospital. |
| There has been outrage in India in the wake of the attack on the woman and her male friend. The government has since announced a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women. | There has been outrage in India in the wake of the attack on the woman and her male friend. The government has since announced a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women. |
| They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains. | |
| "The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If [he is a] minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law," Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India. | "The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If [he is a] minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law," Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India. |
| The men arrested in connection with the incident earlier also include a gym instructor and a fruit seller. | The men arrested in connection with the incident earlier also include a gym instructor and a fruit seller. |
| The woman has undergone two rounds of surgery since Sunday and remains on life support, doctors at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital said. | The woman has undergone two rounds of surgery since Sunday and remains on life support, doctors at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital said. |
| Angry MPs have demanded the death penalty for the rapists, and protests and candle-lit vigils have been held in the capital and elsewhere in India. | Angry MPs have demanded the death penalty for the rapists, and protests and candle-lit vigils have been held in the capital and elsewhere in India. |
| The woman and her friend boarded the bus in Munirka area and were on their way to Dwarka in south-west Delhi. | The woman and her friend boarded the bus in Munirka area and were on their way to Dwarka in south-west Delhi. |
| They were returning after watching a film in a shopping centre in south Delhi, police said. | They were returning after watching a film in a shopping centre in south Delhi, police said. |