Tihar Jail
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Crime branch arrest two extortionist
News | Mar 05, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTThe crime branch of Delhi police received a complaint from a businessman alleging that he received a phone call on his mobile phone stating that "Shakti" is calling from Tihar Jail, Delhi.
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No harm must come to Umar Khalid: Court tells Tihar
India | Oct 05, 2020, 02:37 PM ISTA Delhi court has directed the Tihar Jail authorities to provide security to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in the jail premises, after he was sent to 14-days judicial custody in connection with a case relating to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.
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Art by women prisoners of Tihar goes on online display
Lifestyle | Sep 07, 2020, 02:52 PM ISTIn an ongoing exhibition by the India International Centre and The Village Gallery, that starts September 7, monoprints created by these women inmates are on display. Titled 'A Brush With Hope', they carry an inspirational backstory that are rare to come out from claustrophobic prison cells.
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Assistant Superintendent at Delhi's Tihar jail tests COVID-19 positive
News | May 25, 2020, 07:32 PM ISTThe 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, 10:49 PM ISTTihar 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, 08:33 AM ISTAn 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 | Apr 28, 2020, 03:00 PM ISTA 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 | Mar 20, 2020, 10:13 AM ISTPeople 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 | Mar 20, 2020, 08:34 AM ISTNirbhaya'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 | Mar 18, 2020, 09:13 AM ISTThe 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 | Mar 15, 2020, 06:18 PM ISTWith 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 | Mar 02, 2020, 10:32 PM ISTDelhi'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 | Mar 02, 2020, 05:37 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 20, 2020, 12:21 PM ISTOne 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 | Feb 16, 2020, 07:47 PM ISTSeveral 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 | Feb 14, 2020, 10:32 PM ISTSanjeev 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 | Feb 04, 2020, 09:25 PM ISTPrison 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 | Jan 31, 2020, 06:13 PM ISTNirbhaya 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 | Jan 30, 2020, 03:05 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 28, 2020, 09:00 AM ISTNirbhaya 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.