Nirbhaya Gangrape Case: Hangman arrives at Tihar jail for execution
New Delhi : Only a couple of days are left in the execution of the convicts in Delhi gangrape case and for the same, the hangman has arrived in Tihar Jail.
Tihar Jail officials said Sindhi Ram, also known as Pawan Jallad will carry out a dummy execution on Wednesday.
The four convicts - Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) - have been ordered to be hanged together on March 20. The execution will be Pawan’s first.
On Sunday, the Tihar Jail authorities had claimed that they have asked Pawan Jallad to report three days before the execution.
According to an order by Delhi court earlier this month, the four convicts have been scheduled to be hanged together at 5.30 am on March 20.
On Tuesday, one of the convicts – Mukesh Singh - filed a petition in a Delhi court claiming he was not in the national capital on the day of the crime. The petition was moved by the convict’s his lawyer ML Sharma who sought a stay on the execution.
