Mr. Anand wasn't present Tuesday at the special fast-track court where proceedings resumed briefly for the four surviving men accused in the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in December.

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It comes four months after the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi.

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The four men facing execution for being part of his gang - named as Gnanaprakash, Simon, "Meesai" Madaian and Pilavendran - are held at Belgaum prison in Karnataka.

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The four men facing execution for being part of his gang - named as Gnanaprakash, Simon, "Meesai" Madaian and Pilavendran - are currently housed at Belgaum prison in Karnataka.

BBC: Veerappan seen in this undated file photo.

In our E-Gang survey, profiling unsung heroes of high tech, FORBES GLOBAL looks at four people helping to foster the next phase of the wireless revolution.

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In 2010, authorities said Bronx gang members beat and tortured four people in an anti-gay rage, two men were accused of a gay-bashing beating at the Stonewall Inn itself and a man spewed homophobic insults while throwing a punch at another Village bar all assaults that happened within little more than a week.

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