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Hanging of convicts sends strong message, says cop who probed Nirbhaya cas
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The execution of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will send a strong message to the society that criminals will not be spared and will be brought to justice, said ACP Rajender Singh, who was a part of the team probing the case.
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Bodies of all four Nirbhaya convicts taken to hospital for post mortem
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Bodies of the four Nirbhaya convicts who were hanged on Friday morning at Tihar Jail have been sent to hospital for a post-mortem, following which it will be handed over to the families, according to an official.
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Loopholes in police, judiciary needs to be fixed: Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that there are plenty of loopholes in the police and the judicial system of the country because of which it took 7 years for the justice to be delivered in the Nirbhaya-gangrape case.
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Nirbhaya convicts spend restless night, one refuses breakfast before hangi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case spent a restless and sleepless night before they were hanged to death early Friday morning at Tihar Jail here, authorities said.
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All four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged in Tihar Jail, victim's parents say
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were hanged to death at 5:30 a.m. at Delhi's Tihar Central Jail on Friday, bringing the curtains down on the drama surrounding the execution that saw the death warrants cancelled thrice on va
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The nation got justice today: Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi reacts to SC jud
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): After the Supreme Court dismissed the petition of Nirbhaya gang-rape case convict Pawan Gupta against the rejection of his mercy plea by the President and seeking stay on execution, the victim's mother Asha Devi on Friday said that "the nation has got just
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Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses Pawan Gupta's plea for stay on hanging, decks
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday has dismissed the petition of death row convict Pawan Gupta against the rejection of his mercy plea by the President and seeking a stay on execution. The verdict paved the way for the four convicts' execution as per schedule on
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Nirbhaya convicts approach SC to stay their hanging, hearing at 2:30 a.m.
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear the petition filed by death row convicts in Nirbhaya case at 2.30 a.m. on Friday after the convicts, through their lawyer AP Singh, approached the apex court and sought an urgent hearing for staying their execution scheduled at
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Nirbhaya case: Preparations complete at Tihar Jail for execution of 4 conv
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Preparations for the hanging of four 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts are complete in the Tihar Jail ahead of the 5:30 a.m. hanging on Friday.
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A history of executions in Independent India
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The execution of convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case will be the first time post Independence that four men are hanged to death together.
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Nirbhaya case: Delhi HC dismisses last minute plea by convicts
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): After a hearing that lasted for around two hours, the Delhi High Court has dismissed the last minute plea by the convicts seeking stay on execution slated for 5.30 am today.
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Justice hurried is justice buried, Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer tells Delhi H
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): "Justice hurried is justice buried," said Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer AP Singh in the Delhi High Court while hearing a petition filed by him seeking a stay on the execution of rapists on the ground of pendency of various legal applications in different courts.
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