<p>The distraught mother of the young trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally gang-raped in the capital early this month, collapsed and was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital after her daughter's body was taken away for cremation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As soon as the body was taken away for cremation, she collapsed," Vimla, a neighbour of the family, told IANS.<br /><br />The body of the gang-rape victim, who became the focus of countrywide prayers and protests, was cremated here early Sunday soon after it was flown in from Singapore at 3.30 a.m.<br /><br />Since last evening, a large number of people, mostly neighbours, had assembled outside the family's house in southwest Delhi's Mahavir Enclave to condole the woman's death.<br /><br />The 23-year-old woman was brutally assaulted and gang-raped Dec 16 by six men in a moving bus before being thrown out of the vehicle. She battled for life - first in Safdarjung hospital here and then in a Singapore hospital -- before succumbing Dec 29.</p>
<p>The distraught mother of the young trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally gang-raped in the capital early this month, collapsed and was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital after her daughter's body was taken away for cremation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As soon as the body was taken away for cremation, she collapsed," Vimla, a neighbour of the family, told IANS.<br /><br />The body of the gang-rape victim, who became the focus of countrywide prayers and protests, was cremated here early Sunday soon after it was flown in from Singapore at 3.30 a.m.<br /><br />Since last evening, a large number of people, mostly neighbours, had assembled outside the family's house in southwest Delhi's Mahavir Enclave to condole the woman's death.<br /><br />The 23-year-old woman was brutally assaulted and gang-raped Dec 16 by six men in a moving bus before being thrown out of the vehicle. She battled for life - first in Safdarjung hospital here and then in a Singapore hospital -- before succumbing Dec 29.</p>