Indyplus video: One of the four men convicted of raping and murdering a Delhi woman tells The Independent he is innocent
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Four men were convicted to be hanged, one of them was Vinay Sharma, but he denies the charges, insisting he's a scapegoat for the Indian government. Watch footage of the trial below:
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