Nirbhaya's killers hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail: Here's a timeline just before execution
The four convicts were closely monitored by the Tihar jail administration and orders had been issued to keep an eye out for the convicts trying to create some sort of drama or distraction and maybe even attempts to commit suicide.
Mar 20, 2020, 10:22 AM IST
Nirbhaya case convicts wept bitterly in their cells hours before the execution
After the hanging of the four convicts, their bodies have been sent to the Deendayal Hospital for postmortem, which is written in the jail manual. The process of post mortem scheduled to start at around 8 am.
Mar 20, 2020, 09:56 AM IST
All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged till death in Delhi's Tihar Jail
Nearly seven years, three months and eight days after a young medical student was gang-raped, brutally tortured and left to die in a moving bus in Delhi, the four adult convicts - Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma - alive who took part in the heinous crime were hanged till death at 5.30 am on Friday in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Mar 20, 2020, 07:58 AM IST
Explained: Why death row convicts are hanged before sunrise
In a major development, a Delhi court on Tuesday (January 7) issued the death warrant against all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The court ordered that all four convicts should be hanged at 7 am on January 22 at the Tihar jail.
Jan 07, 2020, 17:32 PM IST
Why prisoners are executed before sunrise – Must Read
Executions are rare in India and death sentences are awarded only in cases of rarest of rare crimes.
Jul 29, 2016, 14:10 PM IST
