Hangman Pawan conducts dummy execution of Nirbhaya convicts at Tihar Jail

By ANI | Published: March 18, 2020 08:19 AM2020-03-18T08:19:57+5:302020-03-18T08:30:02+5:30

Pawan, a hangman from Meerut, on Wednesday conducted dummy execution of the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts at Tihar Jail here.

Hangman Pawan conducts dummy execution of Nirbhaya convicts at Tihar Jail | Hangman Pawan conducts dummy execution of Nirbhaya convicts at Tihar Jail

Hangman Pawan conducts dummy execution of Nirbhaya convicts at Tihar Jail

New Delhi [India], Mar 18 : Pawan, a hangman from Meerut, on Wednesday conducted dummy execution of the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts at Tihar Jail here.

The four convicts in the 2012 case -- Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma -- are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on March 20.

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Mukesh Singh seeking quashing of the death penalty claiming that he was not in Delhi when the crime was committed.

The 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. The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.

( With inputs from ANI )

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