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The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-year-old physiotherapy intern, was beaten , gang-raped , and tortured in a private bus in which she was ...
The victim of the rape was a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist whose real name was Jyoti Singh, but she came to be known as Nirbhaya, meaning "fearless". However, during a press meet at the Press Club Kolkata, director Milan Bhowmik said that the film is not based on the Delhi rape case, but actually on the present scenario of our society.
In line with the longstanding rape shield laws of India, in August 2024, the Supreme Court ordered that the name and photos of the victim be removed from social media and electronic platforms. [54] On 17 September 2024 the Supreme Court specifically instructed Wikipedia to remove the name and photo of the victim. [55]
The film is based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of 22-year-old Jyoti Singh, aliased "Nirbhaya", who was a physiotherapy student. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The documentary explores the events of the night of 16 December 2012, the protests which were sparked both nationally and internationally as a result of the assault, and the lives of the men ...
The incident took widespread outrage and concern over the safety of women. Common people gathered in large numbers throughout India for many days to show solidarity with Nirbhaya and to demand quick justice. They faced the water cannons from the police in the middle of the December cold. Seeing the huge public outrage government came into action.
[9] [10] The victim's alias Nirbhaya and the revolver's name, Nirbheek, both mean "fearless" in Hindi. The gun is illegal to carry in public in India without a permit, but these are almost impossible to obtain. [11] In 2014, it was reported that 100 women made bookings to purchase the revolver. [12]
Shilpi Marwaha [1] is an actor in the Delhi Theatre Circuit who first performed in 2008. [2] She was a street theatre activist during the "anti corruption movement" in Delhi and the protests held at Rastrapati Bhawan, where she raised her voice against the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder known as the "Nirbhaya" or "Damini" case. [3]
Nirbhay is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Vinod Dewan, [1] starring Mithun Chakraborty, Sangeeta Bijlani, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal and Kiran Kumar.