new delhi congress vice president rahul gandhi looked after nirbhayas grieving family and helped them emotionally as well as monetarily all without drawing attention to himself said nirbhayas father to a news agencybadrinath singh nirbhayas father said many came to help the family initially after his daughter was assaulted and gangraped in 2012 but it was gandhi who stood by us always and had strictly told us to keep it a secret according to the news agency indoasian news service iansthe incident left a permanent scar but gandhi came like an angel whatever the politics he has been an angel to us said singh to ians nirbhaya then 23 was raped and brutally assaulted on december 16 2012 the assault was the cause of her death 13 days laterthe congress vicepresident especially counseled nirbhayas brother and even helped him become a pilot said singh he added that he has no interest in politics and his acknowledgement of the congress leaders support has no political agendathe truth that rahul helped the family remains the truth and we cannot thank him enoughhe rahul used to tell us he was not doing it for his politics it was purely on humanitarian basis he used to tell us not to speak to the media singh saidnirbhayas father said the congress leader advised and encouraged his son regularly and motivated him to support his familymy son singh refused to name him is now a pilot he completed his training recently he has joined indigo airlines and is already flying planes and it is true it was possible because of rahul gandhi said singh who works at the indira gandhi international airportnirbhaya was raped and beaten up by six men in new delhi on december 16 2012