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  Assistant Superintendent at Delhi's Tihar jail tests COVID-19 positive

  News | May 25, 2020 19:32 IST

  The assistant superintendent, posted at Central Jail Number 7, is a resident of Staff Residential Complex of Tihar Jail.

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  Delhi's Tihar Jail assistant superintendent tests COVID-19 positive

  India | May 24, 2020 22:49 IST

  Tihar Jail on Sunday reported its first coronavirus case after a 45-year assistant superintendent tested positive for the infection. The assistant superintendent Chetram Meena posted at Central Jail No 7, is a resident of Staff Residential Complex of Tihar Jail.

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  Tihar prisoner accuses staff of 'using him' to pass around mobile phones to other inmates

  India | May 20, 2020 8:33 IST

  An undertrial prisoner at Tihar Jail has accused the prison staff of “using him” to the pass around mobile phones to other inmates. The prison officials, however, refuted the allegation.

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  Woman, accused of killing in-laws, commits suicide in Tihar Jail cell

  Crime | April 28, 2020 15:00 IST

  A woman accused of killing her in-laws has committed suicide in Tihar jail. The woman along with her husband was accused in a double murder case ended her life by choking herself. Further investigation in the case is underway, police informed.

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  Nirbhaya case: People gather outside Tihar Jail to mark the day of justice

  News | March 20, 2020 10:13 IST

  People gathered outside the Tihar Jail for the 'Nirbhaya Day'.

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  Nirbhaya case convicts refused breakfast, misbehaved with police personnel before hanging

  India | March 20, 2020 8:34 IST

  Nirbhaya's parents did a countdown as the time of the execution of the four convicts neared. This is the first time that four men have been hanged together in Tihar Jail. The executions were carried out after the convicts exhausted every possible legal avenue to escape the gallows. 

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

  India | March 18, 2020 9:13 IST

  The Nirbhaya gangrape case pertains to the brutal gang-rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in the national capital.

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

  India | March 15, 2020 18:18 IST

  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.

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

  India | March 02, 2020 22:32 IST

  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.

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  Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad readies noose for hanging, carries out dummy execution in Tihar

  India | March 02, 2020 17:37 IST

  The dummy execution was carried out just after the news broke that President Ram Nath Kovind rejected Pawan Gupta's mercy petition.

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

  India | February 20, 2020 12:21 IST

  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. All the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case will be hanged on March 3 at 6 am.

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  Delhi: Several inmates injured in scuffle inside Tihar jail number 4

  India | February 16, 2020 19:47 IST

  Several inmates were injured when a clash broke out between them inside jail number 4 of the Tihar prison in New Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

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  Jail no. 3 - 'bookie' Sanjeev Chawla's address in Tihar

  India | February 14, 2020 22:32 IST

  ​Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged bookie and a key accused in one of cricket's biggest match-fixing scandals that involved former South African captain Hansie Cronje, reached the Tihar Jail on Friday, officials said.  

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  Unable to block Jio 4G signals in Tihar jail: Authorities tell HC

  India | February 04, 2020 21:25 IST

  Prison authorities informed the Delhi High Court Tuesday that mobile signals, especially of Jio 4G, could not be blocked inside Tihar Jail with the technology they have and state-run C-DOT has been asked to develop a prototype jammer to prevent illegal communications by prisoners.

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  Death warrant: This is how Nirbhaya convicts will be hanged

  Fyi | January 31, 2020 18:13 IST

  Nirbhaya case hanging: Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts has yet again been postponed, nevertheless, hangman Pawan Jallad performed a dummy execution even a day before February 1 (earlier date for execution). In India, jails follow a specific protocol, a hanging procedure at the time of executions. Here's how Nirbhaya's convicts will be treated until hanged.

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  Nirbhaya case convict Vinay Sharma seeks mercy before President. Here's his hand-written note

  India | January 30, 2020 15:05 IST

  The four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are set to be hanged on February 1, at 6 am. One of the convicts, Vinay Sharma has pleaded mercy ahead of the capital punishment and has written a letter to the President. Vinay Sharma and 3 other convicts in the Delhi gangrape and murder case are lodged in the Tihar jail and are taking to legal remedies to delay their execution.

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  Nirbhaya case: Hearing against dismissal of convict Mukesh Singh's mercy plea today

  India | January 28, 2020 9:00 IST

  Nirbhaya case: Mukesh had moved the mercy plea after the Supreme Court dismissed his curative petition against his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had also rejected the curative petition of another death row convict Akshay (31). The other two convicts, Pawan (25) and Vinay, are yet to file curative petitions before the Supreme Court.

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  Nirbhaya case: Tihar conducts mock execution of four convicts, again

  India | January 28, 2020 8:32 IST

  Nirbhaya case: Tihar jail authorities have yet again performed the dummy execution in order to test the equipment which will be used to hang the convicts, jail officials said.

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  Nirbhaya case convict Vinay Sharma draws paintings, pens diary in Tihar; labels it 'Darinda'

  India | January 27, 2020 13:49 IST

  Nirbhaya case convict Vinay Sharma has also written a letter for his friends, in which he has advised his mates to behave well. In a letter addressed to Raju, Kamal, Rohit Singh and Dinesh, Vinay Sharma has said he remembers all his friends and loves them. Vinay has also penned some poems (shayari) in the letter.

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  Hangman Pawan Jallad to reach Tihar jail on January 30

  India | January 22, 2020 12:59 IST

  As Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts are likely to be hanged on February 1, hangman Pawan Jallad, who is expected to carry out hanging of the four convicts, is likely to reach Tihar jail on January 30, sources say.