Battling for life, Delhi rape victims tells mother, 'I want to live'

Battling for life at Safdarjung hospital, the 23-year-old woman, who was gangraped and thrown out of a bus on Sunday night, had to undergo a second surgical procedure on Wednesday morning, in which most of her intestine was removed. After the surgery, when she spoke to her family for the first time since the incident, she told her mother, “"Mujhe bacha lo…main jeena chahti hoon (Save me…I want to live).” Though she is still incapable of speaking, she also made enquiries about her family and the condition of her male friend through scribbled notes. The girl is in a critical condition and faces the prospect of never being able to eat a meal in her life if she survives. But doctors said she was fighting on. [caption id=“attachment_563842” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Students from various institutions seek capital punishment for rapists as they stage a candlelight vigil in New Delhi. AP[/caption] A doctor in the hospital said that it appeared that the girl had been violated with a metal rod, reported Hindustan Times. One of the accused persons who were brought to the hospital for a medical examination on Tuesday confessed to having seen a rope-like object — likely her intestines — being pulled out of the girl by the other assailants on the bus. The girl’s brother said that he wants capital punishment for the men responsible for his sister’s condition. “They should all be hanged. It will not lessen my sister’s pain but it will deter others from repeating such a crime,” he said, as quoted by Indian Express. The family was banking on the victim for financial assistance as her two younger brothers —18 and 20 years of age— are still studying. The girl’s father had sold his small land holding to help his daughter realise her dream of becoming a doctor.