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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

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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

22:34 (IST) Mar 20

Early morning drama at Supreme Court couple of hours before execution of Nirbhaya case convicts

Minutes after the Delhi High Court dashed the hopes of all four convicts to avoid the gallows at 12.09 AM, Gupta's counsel lawyer A P Singh rushed to the residence of an apex court registrar to get the plea listed latest by 2.30 AM.

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21:31 (IST) Mar 20

Missing hubcap, colour of bus helped police identify vehicle in which 'Nirbhaya' was gangraped

A missing hubcap on a wheel and a white bus-- these were the clues that led the police to zero in on the vehicle in which a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally gangraped on the fateful evening of December 16, 2012.

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16:50 (IST) Mar 20

Nirbhaya case: Convicts' bodies handed over to families for last rites

Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were executed Friday at 5.30 am for the savage assault in a moving bus on a 23-year-old paramedical student who came to be known the world over as Nirbhaya, the fearless one.

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16:31 (IST) Mar 20

Nirbhaya case convicts hanged: From kin to investigators, all relieved; victim’s dad says ‘it’s a day for all women of country’

As death warrants followed appeals in various courts and mercy pleas in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangarape-cum-murder case that prolonged the wait for justice, Friday morning, March 20, proved to the "sun-rise for India's daughters", as aptly summed up by the victim's mom.

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16:30 (IST) Mar 20

Bodies of the four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts were handed over to their respective families for last rites on Friday after the post-mortem was conducted at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here, jail officials said.

15:46 (IST) Mar 20

The execution of the convicts in Nirbhaya case took time but it finally happened, which is a good thing: Hema Malini, BJP MP

Hema Malini, BJP MP: The execution of the convicts in #Nirbhayacase took time but it finally happened which is a go… https://t.co/NwzkyHIeoh
— ANI (@ANI) 1584698714000

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15:01 (IST) Mar 20

Justice delayed is justice denied. Even today, one person (juvenile at the time of the crime, later released in 2015) is free. Have his intentions changed today?

Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan

14:36 (IST) Mar 20

Death penalty is never the solution. Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts a 'dark stain' on India's human rights record: Amnesty International India.

13:32 (IST) Mar 20

Safdarjung doctors remember Nirbhaya as 'brave woman', say law has taken its course

Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital who treated 'Nirbhaya' in 2012 remembered her as a "brave woman" and said that with the hanging of the four convicts law had taken its course. The 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally gangraped in a moving bus by six men, including a juvenile, on the night of December 16, 2012. She was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital before being airlifted to Singapore for treatment where she succumbed to injuries.

13:13 (IST) Mar 20

Nirbhaya case most critical in 37-year career as my reputation was at stake, recalls ex-Delhi Police chief

Neeraj Kumar, who headed the Delhi Police when Nirbhaya was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, on Friday said it was the "most critical" case in his 37-year career. Expressing relief at the outcome of the case after the four convicts were hanged in Tihar Jail, the 1976-batch IPS officer said his reputation was at stake with the case that caught the attention of the entire country.

12:51 (IST) Mar 20

We will request the Supreme Court to issue guidelines so that no one can adopt delaying tactics in such cases in future.

Nirbhaya's mother

12:04 (IST) Mar 20

It's a day of satisfaction that a daughter, who underwent so much pain, has got justice, says Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

11:43 (IST) Mar 20

Justice has prevailed. It is of utmost importance to ensure dignity and safety of women, tweets Prime Minister Modi.

Justice has prevailed. It is of utmost importance to ensure dignity and safety of women. Our Nari Shakti has ex… https://t.co/lECwPmJllI
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1584683211000

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11:08 (IST) Mar 20

Mukesh wished to donate organs, Vinay offered paintings : Tihar Jail sources

One of the convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, Mukesh Singh, wished to donate his organs and had given it in writing to the authorities, sources in Tihar Jail said on Friday.

11:07 (IST) Mar 20

Nirbhaya case convicts' hanging is a message for every criminal that one day law will catch up with you. I greet this day with aplomb that justice has finally been done to Nirbhaya.

Union minister Smriti Irani

10:36 (IST) Mar 20

Convicts Mukesh & Vinay had dinner & Akshay had only tea, last night. Vinay cried a bit but all 4 convicts were quiet. They were continuously updated on court orders. If their families claim their bodies it will be handed over to them else it is our duty to cremate them.

Tihar Jail DG

09:49 (IST) Mar 20

Nirbhaya convicts did not express any last wish before hanging: Officials

The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, who were hanged on Friday morning, had not expressed any last wish, according to officials. "The convicts had not expressed any last wish or will to authorities," an official said. Death row convicts are asked about their last wish before hanging.

09:39 (IST) Mar 20

The money earned by all four convicts during their stay at Tihar jail would be handed over to their families.

09:29 (IST) Mar 20

Hanging of convicts real tribute to Nirbhaya: Investigators

Investigating officers of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on Friday called the hanging of the four convicts a ''real tribute'' to the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who was savagely brutalised in an empty moving bus in a South Delhi neighbourhood. Pramod Singh Kushwaha, then the additional DCP (South) and who headed the investigation team, said each and every member of the team pitched in to prepare a watertight case against the convicts.

09:06 (IST) Mar 20

It's a day to take resolution that we will not allow another Nirbhaya case. Police, courts, states, Centre should resolve to remove loopholes in system to not allow Nirbhaya-like incident to any daughter: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after hanging of 4 convicts.

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