She would have lived if she allowed the rape

One of the men convicted of gang raping a woman on a bus in Delhi has blamed his victim for the fatal attack, saying "girls are far more responsible for rape" than men.

The 23-year-old physiotherapy student died of horrific injuries two weeks after being assaulted by six men as she travelled home from the cinema with a male friend.

Among them was Mukesh Singh, who claims he was driving the bus during the incident on 16 December 2012 and did not take part.

In an interview with the BBC from prison, where he is awaiting execution, he referred to the woman's murder as "an accident" caused by her being out at night.

"A decent girl won't roam around at nine o'clock at night," he said.

"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Boys and girls are not equal.  ... About 20 per cent of girls are good."

Police said his victim, known as "Jyoti", meaning "flame", was found with multiple wounds and had also been raped with metal bars, causing catastrophic internal injuries.

Jyoti's death sparked a wave of unprecedented protests across India and the world and five of the perpetrators were sentenced to death.

Mukesh  criticised her for resisting her attackers, saying: "When being raped, she shouldn't fight back.

"She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they'd have dropped her off after doing her and only hit the boy."

Her male friend was badly beaten and suffered broken limbs but survived to testify against Singh and the five other men at their trial. Singh was sentenced to death by hanging for Jyoti's rape and murder, along with four others.