<p>A "monster" who had "shamed humanity" is how the residents of south Delhi's Ravidas Colony describe their infamous neighbour Ram Singh, the alleged mastermind of the Delhi gang-rape, with some of them admitting that they felt "relieved" after his death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The last few months have been frustrating for all of us and we were fed up of the media and police swarming this place. I am relieved that he (Singh) is gone forever," said a middle-aged woman neighbour, requesting anonymity.<br /><br />Ram Singh, 35, who drove the bus in which the gang-rape took place Dec 16, 2012, reportedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail Monday morning. His family alleged he was murdered.<br /><br />The driver's neighbour, a mother of two who lives a few shacks away from his house, said: "He would pass lewd comments and tease women irrespective of their age... you could see it in his eyes, he was a monster and I was very scared of him." <br /><br />According to neighbours, Ram Singh's family - consisting of his parents and four brothers - migrated from Rajasthan and settled in the colony in the early 1990s.<br /><br />Describing Ram Singh and his brothers as "hooligans", the neighbours said they did odd jobs and were a "bad influence" on the young boys in the slum cluster.<br /><br />"They would often get drunk, gamble, indulge in brawls and ill-treat women. They were influencing the young boys as well," said another neighbour, adding that the driver's parents were permanent residents of the colony but their children would come off-and-on.<br /><br />"He (Ram Singh) had shamed humanity and deserved this... his brothers are the same and police should throw this family out of here," he said.<br /><br />A police investigation following Ram Singh's arrest revealed that he had a history of bad behaviour and was called "mental" by his friends, alluding, perhaps, to his alleged abnormal and quarrelsome nature.<br /></p>
<p>A "monster" who had "shamed humanity" is how the residents of south Delhi's Ravidas Colony describe their infamous neighbour Ram Singh, the alleged mastermind of the Delhi gang-rape, with some of them admitting that they felt "relieved" after his death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The last few months have been frustrating for all of us and we were fed up of the media and police swarming this place. I am relieved that he (Singh) is gone forever," said a middle-aged woman neighbour, requesting anonymity.<br /><br />Ram Singh, 35, who drove the bus in which the gang-rape took place Dec 16, 2012, reportedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail Monday morning. His family alleged he was murdered.<br /><br />The driver's neighbour, a mother of two who lives a few shacks away from his house, said: "He would pass lewd comments and tease women irrespective of their age... you could see it in his eyes, he was a monster and I was very scared of him." <br /><br />According to neighbours, Ram Singh's family - consisting of his parents and four brothers - migrated from Rajasthan and settled in the colony in the early 1990s.<br /><br />Describing Ram Singh and his brothers as "hooligans", the neighbours said they did odd jobs and were a "bad influence" on the young boys in the slum cluster.<br /><br />"They would often get drunk, gamble, indulge in brawls and ill-treat women. They were influencing the young boys as well," said another neighbour, adding that the driver's parents were permanent residents of the colony but their children would come off-and-on.<br /><br />"He (Ram Singh) had shamed humanity and deserved this... his brothers are the same and police should throw this family out of here," he said.<br /><br />A police investigation following Ram Singh's arrest revealed that he had a history of bad behaviour and was called "mental" by his friends, alluding, perhaps, to his alleged abnormal and quarrelsome nature.<br /></p>