Delhi man convicted in rape case blames victim for fighting back

One of the men convicted in the 2012 gang rape of an Indian student is now blaming the woman for the injuries she suffered during the event, which led to her death.

In an interview for an upcoming BBC documentary about the event, Mukesh Singh, who drove the bus in which the rape occurred, said the woman "should just be silent and allow the rape." Singh also said the 23-year-old woman was at fault for being outside at 8:30 p.m.

"A decent girl won't roam around at 9 o'clock at night. A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," Singh said in the BBC interview. "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."

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Singh is on death row for his involvement in the event, as are three of the other attackers, but he is appealing his death sentence. BBC News reports that throughout 16 hours of interviews, Singh "showed no remorse" for the attack.