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Gangrape victim shifted to Singapore for medical reasons, not political: Govt

New Delhi, Dec 28:  Shifting of the 23-year-old gang rape victim was "purely a medical decision" and there was no political interference in the matter, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today.He also said the

PTI Updated on: December 28, 2012 17:28 IST

The rape victim, who was under treatment here in Safdarjung hospital after being brutally gang raped on December 16, was flown out on December 26 night to Singapore in an air ambulance for specialised treatment in Mount Elizabeth hospital, which has a state-of-the-art facility for multi-organ transplant.

Following the decision to shift her, passport and Singapore visa for the girl and some of her family members accompanying her in the air ambulance were expedited by the External Affairs Ministry and the Indian High Commission in Singapore arranged for the victim to be received at the hospital there.

The minister also talked about the wide-spread protests against the gang rape saying it reflected the "deep-rooted concern" among the public and not anger so much.
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