A prayer meet was held at the ancestral village of "Nirbhaya" on Monday to observe the day she was brutally gangraped in 2012 in New Delhi.
The "pushpanjali" programme is held in the village every year on December 16, the day the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was raped by six men. She had succumbed to injuries a fortnight later in a Singapore hospital.
A number of villagers gathered for the programme on Monday and paid tributes to her.
Speaking to reporters, her grandfather said, "Had the accused been hanged on this day (December 16), it would have sent a strong message to those indulging in such acts. Now there should be no delay and the convicts should be hanged."
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