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Bhagalpur readies hangman noose
The Bhagalpur Central Jail will be witnessing its first execution in 13 years very soon.
The jail authorities have received the "black warrant" for Prajeet Kumar Singh's execution. As per law, execution takes place between the 21st and 28th day from the date of issuance of such a warrant. In this case, the warrant was issued by a Bettiah court on May 16.
The last execution in this jail took place in 1995 when Suresh Bahri, who was convicted for killing his wife and children, was hanged by executioner Jagua Dom, originally a sweeper in the jail.
Incidentally, Bhagalpur happens to be the only jail in Bihar and Jharkhand where executions have taken place. After 1995, although several convicts were lodged in this jail after being sentenced to death, they were officially not on "death row".
Prajeet, who hails from Indragachhi village under Sangrampur police station in East Champaran district, was awarded the capital punishment by a court in Bettiah. The Patna High Court and Supreme Court subsequently upheld the death sentence. Prajeet had killed three children of his co-tenant at Bettiah with the help of a knife on April 18, 1998.
"Now the gallows will have to be readied once again here. A hangman will have to be roped in, possibly again from the late Jagua's family, as the same family had served our purpose in Bahri's case. A separate request will be made to manufacturers of the special noose rope in Buxar. "If we are not able to get a hangman at the local level, we will make a request to hire one from outside Bihar," said jail superintendent Uma Kant Sharan. "Prajeet has been kept in a special cell and he will be allowed special food and other things although the enclosure will be as secluded as ever," he said.
He, however, denied that Nata Mallick, the hangman who executed Dhananjoy Chatterjee in Kolkata in 2004, would be roped in.IG (prisons) Sandeep Paundrik confirmed that the "black warrant" had been issued against Prajeet.
"Everything will take place within the parameters of law and according to the jail manual," he told TOI over phone on Monday. Meanwhile, Prajeet's family has sent a mercy petition to the President.
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