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    Home / News / India News / Seven years later, Nirbhaya's rapists hanged till death in Tihar
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    Seven years later, Nirbhaya's rapists hanged till death in Tihar

    Seven years later, Nirbhaya's rapists hanged till death in Tihar

    By Shalini Ojha
    Mar 20, 2020
    05:43 am

    What's the story

    More than seven years after they committed a crime that brought shame for the entire nation, four men — Akshay, Pawan, Vinay, and Mukesh, were hanged till death inside Delhi's Tihar prison on Friday.

    The convicts were found guilty of raping a woman, assaulting her brutally, and then dumping her on a busy street in Delhi in December 2012.

    Here are more details.

    The case

    Nirbhaya was raped by six, including a juvenile

    On December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya, the name given to the paramedical student by media, boarded a private bus with her male friend.

    Inside the vehicle, that had heavily tinted windows, she was raped, rods inserted into her private parts, and beaten. After the crime, the six, including a juvenile, dumped the duo.

    Thirteen days later, she succumbed to the grievous injuries in Singapore.

    Twitter Post

    The face of a tired but triumphant mother

    Delhi: Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim show victory sign after Supreme Court's dismissal of death row convict Pawan Gupta's plea seeking stay on execution. pic.twitter.com/FPDy0hgisv

    — ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2020

    Aftermath

    India came out on streets, bus' driver took his life

    The horrendous rape enraged the nation with people taking to streets. In 2013, the convicts were given death sentence, a verdict which was upheld both by the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court.

    Before the sentencing, the bus driver Ram Singh committed suicide, and the juvenile, who was just days short of turning an adult, was sent to a correction home for three years.

    Hanging

    The black warrants have been issued four times

    The remaining four were supposed to be hanged on January 22, but it was postponed to February 1 after Mukesh filed a mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind. Another plea by Vinay moved the execution to March 3, and on March 5, a fresh date was issued.

    The convicts have employed all tricks of the trade to delay the execution.

    Tactics

    They filed pleas and counter-pleas separately

    All the convicts filed mercy pleas separately, Pawan claimed he was a juvenile at the time of the crime and he also fired his lawyer, which led to the matter getting delayed.

    In fact, Vinay, Akshay, and Pawan, also approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial wing of the UN, seeking a stay on the order.

    But ICJ didn't intervene.

    Mother

    Nirbhaya's mother emerged as a force to reckon with

    Throughout the long-drawn battle, Nirbhaya's mother, Asha Devi, remained strong. Though she broke down a couple of times, she was stern she wouldn't settle for anything less than a death sentence.

    After Pawan's final attempt to escape the noose failed yesterday with the rejection of his curative plea, Asha said her daughter would finally get justice.

    Details

    Akshay's wife sat and wailed outside Delhi court

    Yesterday, Akshay's wife attempted suicide outside Patiala House court and said she doesn't want to live. Her child sat beside her while the woman, identified as Punita Devi, wailed on the street.

    Tihar jail had called a hangman from outside Delhi to execute the four rapists and dummy executions had also taken place to ensure no untoward incident happens on the final day.

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