After a wait for 7 years, the four death row convicts -Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31)- in the December 16, 2012 gang rape and murder case were hanged on Friday morning after a Delhi court on Thursday rejected the pleas of three of them seeking a stay on their execution.
Having exhausted all available legal remedies, including mercy petitions before the President, three of the convicts had met their respective families for the last time. Interestingly, the family of one of them did not come to visit.
It is reported that before 15 minutes of execution one of the convicts Vinay was crying and did not wanted to leave. However, they all were being dragged together to the place where they took their last breath.
The medical team also reported that all four death row convicts were dead after the body was left hanging for 30 minutes. Moreover, the Tihar Jail was on total lock-down until the process of hanging was completed.
Meanwhile, there is tight security deployed outside Tihar jail, where the four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts were hanged.
Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim showed victory sign after all the four were hanged and the justice was finally delivered.
“Finally, the 4 were hanged. It was a long wait for 7 years. Justice is finally served. Today’s date is special, it’s the date my daughter received justice. This is the victory of the whole nation. This day is dedicated to the daughters of the country. I thank the judiciary & government,” said Nirbhaya’s mother.
#WATCH Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang rape victim says, "As soon as I returned from Supreme Court, I hugged the picture of my daughter and said today you got justice". pic.twitter.com/OKXnS3iwLr
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It was the first case that four men were hanged together in Tihar Jail and the country is so thankful. It was a befitting punishment that showed that India is a country that will not allow animals to roam the land.
