Death for all six of them, these men are beasts, says Damini's father, 'I want the world to know her name'

New Delhi, Jan 6: The devastated father of Delhi's gangrape victim has told a London newspaper that he wants the world to know her daughter's name. "Revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived such attacks", he said. India TV has decided to withhold the names of the gangrape victim and her father. The 53-year-old father told Britain's Sunday People newspaper: "We want the world to know her real name. My daughtr didn't do anything wrong, she died while protecting herself. "I am proud of her. Revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived these attacks. They will find strength from my daughter." The interview was given in their ancestral village in UP's Ballia district. The victim's father said: "At first I wanted to see the men responsible face to face but I don't want to any more. I just want to hear that the courts have punished them and they will be hanged. "Death for all six of them. These men are beasts. They should be made an example of and that society will not allow such things to happen." The father recalled how when he returned home after 10:30 pm on December 16 from his shift at Delhi airport, where he works as a loader, that he came to know about the horrific crime. "My wife told me my daughter has not returned home. We started calling her mobile and her friend's mobile, but there was no answer. Then at 11:15 pm we got a call from the hospital in Delhi telling me my daughter had been in an accident. I asked a friend to take me on a motorbike. "When I first saw her she was in the bed with her eyes closed. "I put my hand on her forehead and called her name. She slowly opened her eyes and started crying and said she was in pain. "I held my tears. I told her not to worry, have strength and everything will be all right." The Sunday People reports, at the time the father still didn't know what ha happened. A policeman finally explained. Both she and her friend were battered with iron bars and her daughter was repeatedly raped before they wre stripped and dumped on a road. "I immediately called my wife and sons and told them to come to the hospital. But I couldn't tell them about the rape", says the father. For the first ten days, his daughter was in and out of consciousness and it was hopeful she would survive. Her father said: "Doctors did their best to save her. She spoke a few times but mostly through gestures. She had a feeding pipe (ventilator) in her mouth making it difficult for her to speak. "But she did write on some paper that she wanted to live, she wanted to survive and stay with us. But it was fate that had the last say in the end." Her daughter gave the police two statements, but her father was too distraught to sit in as he couldn't listern to what his daughter had been subjected to. “My wife was with her through the statements but she cried so much after hearing it all,” the father said. “She then told me what happened. I don't have the words to describe the incident. All I can say is they're not human, not even animals. They're not of this world. “It was just gruesome and I hope no one ever goes through what she had to endure. “She cried a lot, she was in a lot of pain. And as soon as she saw her mother and brothers she cried again. “But after that she was a courageous girl, even trying to console us and give us hope that everything will be all right.” Doctors were forced to remove the girl's intestines and as her conditioned worsened, they flew her to Singapore for specialist care. The father said: “I told her everything would be OK and we'll soon be back home. She was excited when we talked about going home and she smiled. “I put my hand on her forehead, she asked me if I'd had any dinner and then she gestured for me to go to sleep. I held her hand and kissed it. I told her to take rest and not to worry and she closed her eyes.” Her father said: “I so desperately wanted her to survive, even though she would have to live with a memory of that attack and get through her trauma. “We're so devastated that she's gone. There's a huge void in our lives. She was the centre of our universe. Our lives revolved around her. “Her absence is so painful, a future without her is unimaginable.” The father revealed that the man with her daughter was not her boyfriend – just a very brave friend who tried to save her. He said: “There was no question of her marrying because we belong to different castes. “She never expressed a desire to marry. She was concentrating on her studies and wanted a job first.” The father disclosed how his daughter often mentioned how uch her friend tried to save her. “She kept telling her mother he tried his best to help but they kept beating him with a rod.” The father descried how his daughter wanted to become a doctor. He said: “I told her I can't afford to pay for her to do such subjects but she was determined. She wanted to be a doctor and earn lots of money and go overseas a lot.” Damini's father earns Rs 5,700 a month. He said: “It's hard living in Delhi on my wages, very hard. But she always said she would change all of that. She wanted to change our lives once she got a job.” Damini's brother said: “Life is going to be so difficult without her. Without her guidance I don't know what to do or how to go about life again.” Her father said: “The people of India have given us strength to cope up with our loss. I feel she's not just my daughter but also India's daughter. “I used to read about rape incidents in the newspapers but never digested it much. We're so thankful to the people who came out to protest against the barbarity.” Her father now hopes mothers and fathers will teach their sons to respect women. He said: “The police cannot handle this on their own. But parents need to keep an eye on their children too.” Her father's face lit up when he spoke of her dreams. The family album he showed discloses how Damini always preferred wearing western clothes, and she always wore her long, dark shiny hair down and flowing - never tied up.

Death for all six of them, these men are beasts, says Damini's father, 'I want the world to know her name'

New Delhi, Jan 6: The devastated father of Delhi's gangrape victim has told a London newspaper that he wants the world to know her daughter's name. "Revealing her name will give courage to other women

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