India rape suspect ( Found dead hanging in jail cell- Mother said he was raped by police and killed in jail )

My son may have been guilty, admits mother of dead Delhi 'rapist'

The mother of the alleged ring leader of the notorious Delhi gang-rape has admitted he may have been guilty, as he told her he tried to hide evidence of the attack.

The mother of Ram Singh cries after speaking to journalists about her son's death. Photo: AP

By Dean Nelson, New Delhi

9:58PM GMT 24 Mar 2013

Ram Singh, who was found hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail where he and his brother Mukesh were in custody earlier this month, was on the bus where a 23-year-old student was gang-raped and mutilated.

His mother Kalyani Devi and her husband Mangelal Singh believe he was murdered after weeks of being raped and tortured by police and prison guards.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Ms Devi said her late son had confessed to being on the bus at the time of the gang-rape, to destroying the evidence the following day, and spoke of her anguish at the thought of him being guilty of one of India's most notorious recent crimes.

"As a mother I can't believe it, but it could be true," she said. "It's the worst thing a mother could ever imagine of her children. We always want them to prosper and grow in a positive way. It's shocking for us that they got involved in this. I do not know what they did, but we are in a terrible state because of the allegations."

Five adults and a 17-year-old juvenile were charged with the gang rape and murder, which provoked protests throughout India, demanding police and government action to halt a significant increase in sexual assaults on women, but the focus has been on the role played by Ms Devi's two sons Ram Singh and Mukesh.