Nirbhaya case: Kannada film actor Jaggesh offers Rs 1 lakh to hangman

BENGALURU: Kannada film actor Jaggesh announced on Twitter that he will hand over Rs 1 lakh to the hangman who will execute the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
Jaggesh told TOI that as a believer of the Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita, he felt the death sentence was a just decision. "I have watched videos of Nirbhaya's mother pouring her heart out and many a time I too have wept," he said.
Jaggesh said he saw an interview of the hangman, Pavan Jallad, who said hanging the four culprits would fetch him Rs 1 lakh which he plans to use for his daughter's wedding.
"In the video, the hangman said he does not have a proper home but wants to get his daughter married and does not mind hanging the convicts. He said hanging each of them would get him Rs 25,000 and since there are four convicts, he would get Rs 1 lakh," Jaggesh said.
"The money I am giving will be of help to Jallad, who will be ending the lives of the cruel murderers of an innocent girl," he said.
While Tihar Jail has sought for two hangmen to execute the four, Pawan Jallad from Meerut is expected to be one of them.
Jallad through a video on social media expressed joy at Jaggesh's gesture.