Tihar Jail
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar conducts mock execution of four convicts, again
India | Jan 28, 2020, 08:32 AM ISTNirbhaya 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 | Jan 27, 2020, 01:49 PM ISTNirbhaya 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 | Jan 22, 2020, 12:59 PM ISTAs 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.
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CBI files 4 new cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan, associates
India | Jan 22, 2020, 09:44 AM ISTCBI has filed four new cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan and his associates under the sections for murder, attempt to murder, extortion and criminal conspiracy.
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar jail seeks from court fresh death warrants against 4 convicts
India | Jan 17, 2020, 03:56 PM ISTTihar jail authorities Friday sought before a Delhi court issuance of fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
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Nirbhaya convict collapses before being shifted to cell near hanging courtyard
India | Jan 17, 2020, 11:06 AM ISTOne of the convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gangrape case from 2012, collapsed in his jail cell when he was told that he was being moved to a cell hear the hanging courtyard. Vinay, who was in cell 4, got a panic attack when he was told that he was being shifted to another cell from where he would be taken for his hanging.
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Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Pawan Gupta's father demands FIR against sole eyewitness
India | Jan 17, 2020, 07:16 AM ISTMeanwhile, the Delhi High Court has been told that "hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case can't take place on January 22. The execution of convicts will surely not take place on January 22. The fate of a death-row convict comes to a finality only after his mercy plea is rejected by the President."
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Nirbhaya convicts earned ₹ 1.37 lakh in Tihar, appeared in Class 10 exams but failed
India | Jan 15, 2020, 04:35 PM ISTConvicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case are nearing their end. During their stay at Tihar jail, the convicts appeared for exams and also did chores, earning prison wages up to Rs 1,37,000. According to Tihar jail sources, convicts Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma did labour work.
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Nirbhaya case: 4 death-row convicts to be shifted to Tihar's Jail No. 3
India | Jan 10, 2020, 06:56 AM ISTThe four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya case are likely to be shifted to Jail No. 3 in Tihar on Friday, where their execution will take place on January 22, a senior jail official said on Thursday. Currently, three convicts are lodged in Jail No. 2 and one in Jail No. 4.
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Shahabuddin moves Supreme Court, says 'subjected to isolation in Tihar'
India | Jan 08, 2020, 11:28 PM ISTConvicted gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin here on Wednesday complained to the Supreme Court that he was allegedly being kept in complete isolation in the Tihar jail.
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar to write to UP prisons seeking services of two hangmen
India | Jan 08, 2020, 10:18 PM IST"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.
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Ready to hang Nirbhaya convicts as desperately need money for daughter's wedding: Pawan Jallad
India | Jan 08, 2020, 10:20 PM ISTWith folded hands, Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
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Nirbhaya case: All convicts to be executed in Tihar Jail's cell 3 on January 22
India | Jan 08, 2020, 08:37 AM ISTAll the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail's cell 3. It is the same cell where Afzal Guru was executed in the Parliament attack case.
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Death countdown begins for Nirbhaya rapists: Meerut hangman to hang convicts in Tihar on January 22
India | Jan 08, 2020, 12:00 AM ISTMeerut hangman Pawan Jallad will carry out the execution of convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case on January 22 in Tihar jail.
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Tihar prepares four new gallows to hang Nirbhaya rape convicts soon
India | Jan 02, 2020, 01:18 PM ISTTihar 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.
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Sonia Gandhi shedding crocodile tears; Indira Gandhi had sent students to Tihar: BJP
India | Dec 17, 2019, 06:56 AM ISTHitting 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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Death countdown pushes Nirbhaya's rapists under depression, reduced food intake
India | Dec 13, 2019, 10:40 PM ISTThe 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.
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Pawan Jallad, hangman from Meerut prison, 'ready' to hang Nirbhaya's rapists
India | Dec 13, 2019, 06:03 PM ISTPawan 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.
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Nirbhaya case: Why execution of four convicts is a challenge for Tihar jail
India | Dec 13, 2019, 02:30 PM ISTNirbhaya 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.
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar officials seek hangmen from Uttar Pradesh
India | Dec 12, 2019, 11:18 AM ISTIn 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.