Nirbhaya Rape Case: After the late-night drama in Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court, all the four death row convicts – Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) – have been hanged at Tihar jail, on Friday.
Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of the convicts seeking a stay on the execution. It said that there has been no foundation mentioned in the petition, it has been filed without any index, list of dates, memo of parties, annexures or any affidavits.
No last wish
According to the sources, the four convicts – Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay, and Akshay – did not express any last wish. As part of the jail manual, the death row convicts were asked about their last wish. Meanwhile, all of them broke down just before the execution.
Arvind Kejriwal on execution
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday stated that it took 7 years for justice to be delivered. "Today, we have to take a pledge that a similar incident does not happen again. We've seen how the convicts manipulated the law until recently. There are a lot of loopholes in our system, we need to improve the system," he added. Meanwhile, people celebrated and distributed sweets outside the Tihar jail.
What Nirbhaya's family said?
Badrinath Singh, Nirbhaya's father demonstrated the victory sign. He said that "Today is our victory and it happened because of media, society and the Delhi police. You can understand what is inside my heart by my smile".
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Meanwhile, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi stated that "Finally they have been hanged, it was a long struggle. Today we got justice, this day is dedicated to the daughters of the country. I thank the judiciary & government."
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"Our daughter is no more and won't return. We started this fight after she left us, this struggle was for her but we will continue this fight in the future for our daughters. I hugged my daughter's picture and said 'finally you got justice'."
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