Delhi's Tihar jail is preparing for the hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya murder-rape case. Now, the Tihar Jail authorities have readied a new gallows frame which would allow for all four convicts to be hung together.
Tihar jail seems to be preparing for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case. As per sources, the jail authorities are readying new gallows frame and making other preparations for the hanging of convicts.
Bhim Army Chief, Chandrashekhar Azad being taken to Tihar jail from Tis Hazari Court. He has been sent to 14-day judicial custody. He was earlier denied permission for a protest march from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar.
Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her remark that the Modi government has "declared war on its own people", Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Congress president was shedding "crocodile tears" for political gains.
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The death countdown has pushed convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case under depression, jail sources told PTI on Friday. Sources revealed all the four convicts have also reduced their food intake.
Pawan Jallad, a hangman at the Meerut prison, said that he is ready to carry out the execution in the Tihar jail of the men convicted of raping and murdering Nirbhaya in 2012.
Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case gathered the nation's attention in 2012 and the furore is still alive. The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are nearing execution. Reports also say execution ropes have been prepared to hang the convicts of the Nirbhaya gangrape case. However, collective hanging of the four convicts has posed some challenges before the Tihar jail authorities.
In the Nirbhaya case that took place on December 16, 2012, six persons brutally raped a 23-year-old paramedic in a moving bus. She was accompanied by a friend who was also beaten up and later, both of them were thrown out of the vehicle.
Nirbhaya killers likely to be hanged soon, accused Pawan shifted to Tihar Jail
Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old paramedic, was brutally gang-raped on December 16, 2012, inside a running bus by six people in Delhi. The shocking incident left the nation stunned and forced the government to tighten the rape laws.
With no hangman in Tihar, where the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case are lodged, the jail authorities have approached other prisons in the country to provide them with a hangman, sources said on Sunday.
He said he did not require even pay for his job and claimed he can do the execution effectively. He said four people, sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya case, were awaiting execution.
The court disposed of the PIL after the prison authorities, represented by Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, told the bench that none of the items in the ASJ's report were provided specially to the Chandras as such things were available to all the inmates.
The Congress leader was in the city to take part in the party's poll campaign. "This election in Jharkhand will mark an important turning point -- the BJP on the one side and the secular- progressive parties on the other. Eighty-one members will run the state and I appeal to the people of Jharkhand to remain focused on who will be these 81 people," he said. Urging the people of the state to vote for the opposition alliance, he said the Congress has dented the BJP in Haryana and denied it power in Maharashtra.
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram is a free bird, at least for now. He walked out of Tihar jail Wednesday night after securing bail in the INX-Media corruption case. The Congress stalwart met party president Sonia Gandhi and said that he would address a press conference on Thursday.
"Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Ravi Kumar, 40, Shimla
INX Media Case: Congress leader P Chidambaram released from Tihar Jail. Earlier today, Supreme Court granted bail to him.
INX Media case: The top court observed that Chidambaram should not tamper with the evidence and not influence the witnesses. He should also not give press interviews or make public statements in connection with this case.
The authorities have set up an exclusive green-walled one-room studio inside Central Jail 1 for inmates to hone their craft. It has a huge mirror and a number of music instruments like congo and speakers. Next to the studio runs the Tihar FM station.
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