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Protesters gathered in front of the presidential palace in New Delhi, Dec. 22.

The victim of the Delhi gang-rape was set to get married in February to her software engineer friend, who was also beaten during the Dec. 16 attack.

The two weren’t engaged but the woman’s friends say she was about to marry him, and had already started shopping for the wedding, which was supposed to be held in Delhi.

On the night of the attack, the couple had been to the cinema to watch “Life of Pi,” reports say. They were assaulted later on a bus they had boarded in the south Delhi neighborhood Munirka.

Police say three men seated in the driver’s cabin initially started harassing the couple, and when the man tried to resist, he was beaten on the legs, arms and head. The woman was then dragged to the back of the vehicle where she was raped as the bus drove around south Delhi for an hour, police say. Finally, the attackers robbed the couple, stripped them and pushed them out onto a highway. Six men, including the bus driver, are in police custody.

On Saturday morning, the 23-year-old woman died in hospital in Singapore, where she had been flown for treatment last week. Her body was brought back to India and cremated Sunday.

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