An Indian policeman who was injured in clashes during the "Gang Rape" protest has died.An Indian policeman who was injured in clashes during a protest sparked by a gang-rape in New Delhi has died, a police spokesman said.
Violence erupted as demonstrators tried to break through police barricades to march on President Pranab Mukherjee's palace.
"The protesters pelted stones at Tomar, he was unconscious for two days and today he died," New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said on Tuesday.
The 47-year-old police constable, Subash Tomar, was deployed at the India Gate monument on Sunday to help control the protests.
He was beaten up by a mob and rushed to hospital by the police.
More than 50 police officers were injured in Sunday's violence as police struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student.
Police had arrested eight people, including an activist of a newly formed anti-corruption political party, in connection with "the injuries caused to Mr Tomar".
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