An Indian man convicted of gang rape in New Delhi showed no signs of remorse and blamed the victim for the rape.
Muskeh Singh, one of the men convicted in the 2012 gang rape, told a British filmmaker that the 23-year-old victim should have stayed silent throughout the rape, according to CBS News. He said in the TV documentary that if she had remained silent and had not fought back she would have survived.
Muskeh said the woman invited the rape, which occurred on a bus in New Delhi, because she was out too late, 9 p.m., The New York Times reported.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," Muskeh said. "Boy and girl are not equal. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes. About 20 percent of girls are good."
The victim, a physiotherapy student, had gone to see "Life of Pi" with a male friend when they boarded the bus without realizing it was off duty and the six men aboard were roaming the streets for a victim. The attackers knocked her friend unconscious, dragged her to the back of the bus and took turns raping her. They damaged her internal organs with an iron rod, which ultimately led to her death. An hour later they dumped the victim and her friend on the side of street, bleeding and naked.
Muskeh claimed that he did not take part in the actual rape, and that he only drove the bus in the interview in 2013 with filmmaker Leslee Udwin for "India's Daughter."
Singh and the three other attackers were convicted in a fast-track court in 2013, according to CBS News. They have been sentenced to death, but they have appealed to the Supreme Court. Furthermore, Singh said the death penalty would make things more dangerous for women because now rapists will kill the girl and not just leave her after the rape.
The documentary will be shown March 8, International Women's Day, in India, Britain, Denmark, Sweden and several other countries.
