NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Monday jailed five men for life for gang-raping a call centre worker in a case that occurred two years before a fatal sex attack on a student sparked global outrage.

The men abducted the 30-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2010 as she was walking home with a colleague after a late shift in southwest New Delhi, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.

They took turns raping the woman, who is from the country’s remote northeast, in the back of a truck while driving around the capital, before she was dumped on a secluded stretch of road.

In December 2012 the fatal gang-rape of a student in Delhi unleashed seething public anger and street protests against India’s treatment of women.

Additional sessions judge Virender Bhat handed down the sentences after the five were convicted last week following a trial that relied on the woman’s testimony and medical evidence.

“Life imprisonment is awarded to all the convicts for the offence of gang-rape. A fine of 50,000 rupees ($815) is also imposed,” Bhatt was quoted by PTI as saying.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2014