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Nirbhaya case live updates: All 4 convicts executed in Tihar Jail

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 20, 2020, 22:34:28 IST

Nirbhaya case live updates: All 4 convicts executed in Tihar Jail

All four convicts of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case - Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, and Mukesh Singh - were hanged at 5:30am in Tihar jail today. The hanging was carried out as per the schedule after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts' lawyer AP Singh to stay their execution in a late-night hearing. Stay tuned for all live updates

06:27 (IST) Mar 20

Delhi: People, including women rights activist Yogita Bhayana, celebrate and distribute sweets outside Tihar jail, where four 2012 Delhi gang rape case convicts were hanged at 5.30am today.

06:18 (IST) Mar 20

As soon as I returned from Supreme Court, I hugged the picture of my daughter and said today you got justice: Asha Devi

06:12 (IST) Mar 20

Our daughter is no more & won't return.We started this fight after she left us, this struggle was for her but we will continue this fight in future for our daughters. I hugged my daughter's picture & said 'finally you got justice': Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim

06:02 (IST) Mar 20

Women will definitely feel safer after execution of gangrape case convicts; they also wanted them hanged: Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi

05:54 (IST) Mar 20

Justice delayed, but not denied: Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi after hanging of convicts

05:39 (IST) Mar 20

Four men executed simultaneously for first time in Tihar history: Jail officials after Nirbhaya convicts' hanging

(PTI)

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05:35 (IST) Mar 20

All 4 convicts executed at Tihar jail

05:28 (IST) Mar 20

The country's daughters have got justice. Those people who have been with us for the past seven years...I want to thank the people of our country who supported us. The sun that rises tomorrow will be written in history. I want to thank the judiciary that Nirbhaya got justice today. I want to thank the President. I want to thank the court for rejecting the delay tactics. Finally, I want to thank two of our lawyers

Asha Devi

05:28 (IST) Mar 20

I am feeling satisfied today because finally our daughter has got justice. The whole country was ashamed of this crime. Today the nation has got justice

Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother

05:27 (IST) Mar 20

Tihar jail officials to ANI: All four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts have been brought to the place where they will be hanged shortly.

05:21 (IST) Mar 20

Security deployed outside Tihar jail, where the four 2012 Delhi gangrape death row convicts will be hanged shortly.

05:13 (IST) Mar 20

Tihar jail officials to ANI: All four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts are being taken to the place where they will be hanged shortly.

04:50 (IST) Mar 20

People gather outside Tihar central jail ahead of hanging of four convicts.

04:48 (IST) Mar 20

Tihar jail officials to ANI: Medical of all four death row convicts completed, all are fit and fine. Jail to be under lock-down till the process of hanging is completed.

04:32 (IST) Mar 20

Tihar jail officials to ANI: The executioner has woken up and a meeting is underway with jail officials.

04:32 (IST) Mar 20

Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim show victory sign after Supreme Court's dismissal of death row convict Pawan Gupta's plea seeking stay on execution.

03:58 (IST) Mar 20

All you need to know about the Nirbhaya convicts

03:53 (IST) Mar 20

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta says jail manual rules do not permit convicts to meet family members before hanging

03:49 (IST) Mar 20

Please allow family members of Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh to meet them for 5-10 minutes before hanging, lawyer to SC

03:39 (IST) Mar 20

SC rejects plea of death row convict Pawan Gupta against rejection of second mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind

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