2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today

Firstpost  

All legal routes to escape the noose closed on Thursday for the four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case who are now hours away from being hanged, seven years-three months after brutalising a young woman in a Delhi bus with a barbarity that shook the nation New Delhi: All legal routes to escape the noose closed on Thursday for the four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case who are now hours away from being hanged, seven years-three months after brutalising a young woman in a Delhi bus with a barbarity that shook the nation. Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh, held guilty for gangraping a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in Delhi on the night of December 16, 2012 so savagely that she died of her injuries a fortnight later, will be executed in Tihar Jail at 5.30 am on Friday. The apex court also dismissed Akshay Kumar’s plea challenging the rejection of his second mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind, saying no ground was made out for a judicial review of the decision. This is the first time that four men will be hanged together in Tihar Jail, South Asia’s largest prison complex that houses more than 16,000 inmates.

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Prisoners likely to be reshuffled across jail wards: Tihar officials in Delhi
1 year, 8 months ago

Prisoners likely to be reshuffled across jail wards: Tihar officials in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

A day after gangster Tillu Tajpuria was murdered in a high-security ward at Delhi’s Tihar Jail, prison officials said that they were checking dossiers of criminals in order to classify them on the basis of their affiliation to different gangs, and lodge separately to prevent violence, senior officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday. Read here: Attack on gangster …

Delhi: DG Prisons issues strict instructions for Tihar jail after Rohini court shootout
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: DG Prisons issues strict instructions for Tihar jail after Rohini court shootout

India Today  

In view of gangster Jitender’s murder inside Delhi’s Rohini court on Saturday, the director-general of Delhi Prisons, Sandeep Goel, issued strict instructions for all the jails of Tihar. The jail authorities were asked to keep sufficient numbers of medical and para-medical staff available inside the prison “to handle any emergent situation.” “Proper precautions should be kept while carrying inmates of …

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women
4 years, 9 months ago

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women

Firstpost  

The victim’s father, Badrinath Singh hailed the hanging saying that their daughter had finally got the justice, seven years after she was brutalised in a moving bus in Delhi. After the hanging of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case on Friday, the victim’s mother Asha Devi dedicated the day to the daughters of …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Seven years later, all four death row convicts executed for crime that shook nation
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Seven years later, all four death row convicts executed for crime that shook nation

Firstpost  

The hanging was carried out as per schedule in Delhi’s Tihar jail after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts’ lawyer AP Singh to stay their execution in a late-night hearing. All four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder of a young physiotherapy student were hanged in the National Capital’s high-security …

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
4 years, 9 months ago

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail

Live Mint  

The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India's long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation's soul. Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh were executed at 5.30 am for …

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar, and Mukesh Kumar convicted for Nirbhaya’s gangrape and murder, were hanged to death in Delhi’s Tihar jail early on Friday morning. String of death warrants Having exhausted all their legal remedies, the four convicts went on pleading spree after the first death warrant was issued against them for January 22 at 7am inside Tihar …

India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder
4 years, 9 months ago

India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder

Al Jazeera  

The four men, sentenced to death in 2013, have been executed at Tihar jail after their clemency pleas were rejected. India has executed four men for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. The four were hanged before dawn on Friday at Tihar jail in …

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place

India Today  

Delhi's Tihar jail has gone into lockdown mode ahead of the execution of the death sentences of four men convicted for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012. 5:20 am -> With a cotton cloth on their faces and their hands tied behind their backs, the four men were marched to the area in the …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, challenging the Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city at the time of crime New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh …

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

Seven years after the execution of Afzal Guru, Tihar Jail on Thursday prepared the ground to hang the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case after several dummy runs and officials brushing up on details specified in the jail manual. The execution, specifies the Delhi Prison Rules 2018, will take place in the presence of the superintendent, deputy superintendent, …

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail
4 years, 9 months ago

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail

India Today  

Four men convicted of the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012 were hanged at 5:30 am on Friday morning as per the most recent death 'black' warrant issued in their name. Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta have been on death row since 2013 when a fast track court sentenced them to death, holding …

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed

India Today  

A Delhi court today dismissed a plea seeking a stay on the execution of Nirbhaya's rapists, and they will all be hanged tomorrow at 5.30 am. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has dismissed a plea from one of the convicts, Akshay Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection of his second mercy petition by the President of India. The top court has also …

Nirbhaya case: Hangman Pawan Jallad performs dummy execution of convicts at Tihar jail
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Hangman Pawan Jallad performs dummy execution of convicts at Tihar jail

India TV News  

Hangman Pawan Jallad on Wednesday performed the dummy execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case today. Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts, on Tuesday filed another curative petition before the Supreme Court, claiming that at the time of committing the offence, he was a minor and thereby, his death sentence should be …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder: Three convicts approach International Court of Justice seeking stay on execution of death sentence
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder: Three convicts approach International Court of Justice seeking stay on execution of death sentence

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case — Vinay, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on 20 March. New Delhi: Three of the four death row convicts in the December 2012 Delhi gangrape case approached the International Court of Justice, seeking a stay on the execution of their …

Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With just five days left for the execution of death sentence in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities on Sunday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging. After the fresh death warrant was issued, the Tihar Jail authorities wrote to their counterparts in …

Nirbhaya case: Tihar asks hangman to report 3 days ahead of execution
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Tihar asks hangman to report 3 days ahead of execution

India Today  

The Tihar Jail authorities said on Sunday that they had asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging of the Nirbhaya case convicts this week. After the fresh death warrant was issued, the Tihar Jail authorities wrote to their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh, requesting for the service of hangman Pawan Jallad, a jail official said. "Pawan …

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20

Op India  

A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. They are to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20, 2020 pic.twitter.com/MAOx5rVVGw — ANI March 5, 2020 Reportedly, the order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan …

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm

Firstpost  

Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday moved a city court seeking a fresh date for the execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. Shortly after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupt a, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president

Firstpost  

The four convicts —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow at Delhi’s Tihar Jail. A Delhi court on Monday stayed the execution of the four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case until further orders in view of the mercy petition filed by Pawan Gupta before …

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities

India TV News  

Delhi's Tihar Prison authorities had made all necessary preparations for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-and-murder case which was scheduled for Tuesday, officials said Monday. Postponing the execution, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the hanging cannot be carried out pending disposal of Pawan Gupta's mercy plea before the President, observing any condemned convict must not meet …

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now
4 years, 10 months ago

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now

India TV News  

Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will not be hanged tomorrow. The convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, and Pawan Gupta -- were scheduled to be hanged on March 3 at 6 AM. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition of convict Pawan Gupta. It …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a petition filed by Pawan Gupta, a death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and …

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts – Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case be hanged on at 6 am on 3 March. New Delhi: One of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, injured himself by …

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell

India TV News  

One of the death row convicts of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, Vinay Sharma attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall in Tihar jail cell, on February 16. Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged at 6 am The four convicts -- Vinay, Mukesh, Pawan, and Akshay -- will be executed at 6 AM in Tihar jail. The court …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March

Firstpost  

A Delhi Court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case A Delhi court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana while hearing …

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging
4 years, 11 months ago

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and Delhi government on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law to separately hang death row convicts who are convicted for the same crime so that they may not by a “calculated design” delay the execution of sentence. Taking the court through the dates of the Nirbhaya case to contend that the four …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case will be hanged soon. Several members, especially women MPs across party lines, raised the issue of attacks on women in various parts of the country. New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the …

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts

India TV News  

The Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The high court said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case have to be executed together, not …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case a period of one week to opt for all legal remedies available, after which the procedure of the death sentence on them will be initiated, ANI reported. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder …

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC

India TV News  

Suggesting a resort to avoid further delay in the execution of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the four convicts can be hanged separately as they are misusing the legal process. Delhi High Court on Sunday was hearing Centre's plea challenging the stay on the execution of four convicts of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma

Firstpost  

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the clemency plea of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Home Ministry officials said on Saturday. The four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case are scheduled to be hanged on 1 February. However, the …

2012 gangrape case: Delhi court stays execution of convicts until further orders; victim's mother says defence lawyer mocked her over delay
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 gangrape case: Delhi court stays execution of convicts until further orders; victim's mother says defence lawyer mocked her over delay

Firstpost  

The scheduled execution of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case was deferred till further orders by a Delhi court on Friday. Additional Sessions judge Dharmender Rana at the Patiala House court complex passed the order on a plea by one of the convicts seeking a stay on their execution scheduled for 1 February. While passing the …

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology
4 years, 11 months ago

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology

India Today  

Following is the chronology of events in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case in which a Delhi court on Friday postponed the execution of their black warrants till further order. - Feb, 2019: Victim's parents move Delhi court for issuance of death warrants of the four convicts - Dec 10, 2019: Akshay moves plea in SC seeking review …

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother
4 years, 11 months ago

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother

India Today  

Soon after a local court in Delhi postponed the hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi broke down outside the court and said her hopes have been dashed. "Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab anant kaal tak tal gayi hai," Nirbhaya's …

Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad arrives at Tihar before scheduled hanging of convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad arrives at Tihar before scheduled hanging of convicts

India TV News  

Two days ahead of Nirbhaya's gangrape convicts' scheduled execution, Pawan Jallad, the hangman from Meerut Prison, reported to Tihar Jail on Thursday. Jail officials said that Pawan Jallad will be staying at Tihar Jail to check the strength of the rope and other things on Friday. The four convicts in the gruesome gangrape-and-murder case are scheduled to be hanged on …

December 16 gang rape convicts in Tihar Jail on suicide watch
4 years, 11 months ago

December 16 gang rape convicts in Tihar Jail on suicide watch

Hindustan Times  

The most guarded men in India’s largest prison, which houses over 18,000 inmates, are not Mumbai underworld gangster Chhota Rajan, Delhi’s biggest don Neeraj Bawana, or Bihar’s strongman turned politician Mohammad Shahabuddin; they are the four convicts of the December 16 gang rape and murder case, who are due to be hanged on February 1 according to the latest court …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Patiala House court says hanging to now take place on 1 Feb; Pawan Gupta moves SC, claims he was minor at time of crime
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Patiala House court says hanging to now take place on 1 Feb; Pawan Gupta moves SC, claims he was minor at time of crime

Firstpost  

A Delhi court has announced the second death warrant for the four convicts of the 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday, scheduling the execution for 1 February at 6 am, reports said. A Delhi court has announced the second death warrant for the four convicts of the 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday, scheduling their hanging for 1 …

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan
4 years, 11 months ago

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan

Firstpost  

All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail number three where their hanging is set to take place, a jail official said. New Delhi: All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail …

Delhi court directs Tihar jail to file status report on scheduled execution of convicts in 2012 gangrape case by tomorrow
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court directs Tihar jail to file status report on scheduled execution of convicts in 2012 gangrape case by tomorrow

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Thursday directed Tihar jail authorities to file a proper report by Friday about the status of scheduled execution of convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday directed Tihar jail authorities to file a proper report by Friday about the status of scheduled execution of convicts in the 2012 …

BJP accuses Delhi govt's 'negligence' for delaying hanging of 2012 gangrape case convicts, says AAP took more than 2 years to send notice
4 years, 11 months ago

BJP accuses Delhi govt's 'negligence' for delaying hanging of 2012 gangrape case convicts, says AAP took more than 2 years to send notice

Firstpost  

The BJP on Thursday blamed AAP government’s ’negligence’ for the ‘delay’ in the hanging of Nirbhaya gangrape case convicts, saying it took more than two and a half years for the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation to give notice to convicts after Supreme Court rejected their appeal against the death sentence in 2017 New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday blamed AAP government’s …

Delhi HC dismisses 2012 gangrape convict Mukesh Singh's plea challenging death warrant; execution of all four can't happen on 22 Jan, says state govt
5 years ago

Delhi HC dismisses 2012 gangrape convict Mukesh Singh's plea challenging death warrant; execution of all four can't happen on 22 Jan, says state govt

Firstpost  

A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said there is no error in trial court’s 7 January order issuing death warrant against 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Mukesh Kumar Singh New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday declined to entertain the plea of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case against …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Dummy execution of four death row convicts performed in Tihar Jail, say prison officials
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Dummy execution of four death row convicts performed in Tihar Jail, say prison officials

Firstpost  

A dummy execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case was performed at Tihar Jail on Sunday, prison officials said New Delhi: A dummy execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case was performed at Tihar Jail on Sunday, prison officials said. A Delhi court had pronounced on Tuesday that …

Nirbhaya case: New gallows come up at Tihar for hanging rape convicts
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: New gallows come up at Tihar for hanging rape convicts

India TV News  

A new gallows platform and pit have been readied at the Tihar Jail's execution chamber, in addition to the existing gallows in preparation for the hanging of the four Nirbhaya case convicts on January 22. A senior official of the Tihar Jail Directorate told IANS on Wednesday that the court order had directed execution of the four convicts at one …

Nirbhaya case: Tihar to write to UP prisons seeking services of two hangmen
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Tihar to write to UP prisons seeking services of two hangmen

India TV News  

Tihar Jail will seek the services of two hangmen from Uttar Pradesh prison to execute the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, the jail authorities said on Wednesday. "We will most likely write to the prison authority of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and seek services of two hangmen depending on the availability," a senior Tihar Jail official said. …

2012 Delhi gangrape convicts to be executed in Jail No 3 in Tihar prison complex; authorities likely to seek services of Meerut hangman on 22 Jan
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape convicts to be executed in Jail No 3 in Tihar prison complex; authorities likely to seek services of Meerut hangman on 22 Jan

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case will be executed in Jail No 3, a senior Tihar Jail official said, hours after a Delhi court issued death warrants against them and declared that they will be hanged at 7 am on 22 January New Delhi: The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case will be executed in …

Nirbhaya case: All convicts to be executed in Tihar Jail's cell 3 on January 22
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: All convicts to be executed in Tihar Jail's cell 3 on January 22

India TV News  

All the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail's cell 3. On Tuesday, a Delhi Court issued death warrants against all four death row convicts in the case. Meanwhile, the Tihar Jail authorities will write to the Uttar Pradesh Prison Department seeking the service of a hangman. …

Death countdown begins for Nirbhaya rapists: Meerut hangman to hang convicts in Tihar on January 22
5 years ago

Death countdown begins for Nirbhaya rapists: Meerut hangman to hang convicts in Tihar on January 22

India TV News  

Meerut hangman Pawan Jallad will carry out the execution of convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case on January 22 in Tihar jail. Tihar jail officials will soon write to Uttar Pradesh Prisons to seek service of the hangman, informing them about the date and time of execution of all the four convicts. Pawan Jallad's grandfather Kallu had …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Four convicts to be hanged at 7 am on 22 Jan, rules Delhi court; will file curative plea in SC, says lawyer
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Four convicts to be hanged at 7 am on 22 Jan, rules Delhi court; will file curative plea in SC, says lawyer

Firstpost  

A Delhi Court Monday issued death warrants against four death row convicts in the sensational 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case and has set 22 January as the date to carry out the sentence The four death row convicts in the brutal 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case will be hanged at 7 am on 22 January, a Delhi court …

Tihar prepares four new gallows to hang Nirbhaya rape convicts soon
5 years ago

Tihar prepares four new gallows to hang Nirbhaya rape convicts soon

India TV News  

The hanging of all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case may take place soon as Delhi's Tihar jail is readying four new gallows frame while the jail authorities prepare for the hanging of all the convicts. Earlier on December 18, Tihar Jail administration issued a notice to the convicts of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case to file …

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