By Sean O'hare PUBLISHED: 08:33 EST, 2 January 2013 | UPDATED: 11:06 EST, 2 January 2013 The father of the 23-year-old Indian woman who died after being gang-raped on a bus has paid tribute to his 'fiercely determined' daughter in his first interview since the attack happened. In an interview with the BBC the day after he scattered his daughter's ashes on the sacred waters of the River Ganges, her father revealed how his daughter wanted to be a doctor and had promised to lift the family from their poverty. He said: 'She was very adamant about whatever she wanted.
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