(NEWSER) – The alleged ringleader in the gang-rape case that sparked protests across India has been found hanged in his cell. Police say Ram Singh, who allegedly drove the bus on which 23-year-old physiotherapist Jyoti Singh Pandey was raped and fatally injured, hanged himself with his own clothes in New Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he was under suicide watch, the AP reports. Singh and four co-accused were facing the death penalty if convicted, while another suspect will be tried in juvenile court.
























