NIRBHAYA CASE: FOUR CONVICTS TO BE HANGED ON 22nd JANUARY

Odishabarta,Bureau

New Delhi:Four convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail, a Delhi court said on Tuesday.

The order was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora who issued death warrants against them.

The four death row convicts are Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta.

The convicts were produced before the court through video conferencing.

Nirbhaya’s mother, Asha Devi, said that her daughter has now got justice. “The execution of the four convicts will empower the women of the country. This decision will strengthen the trust of people in the judicial system,” she said.

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