Nirbhaya rapists hanged: LJP's Chirag Paswan says it will help raise "trust" in judiciary

Lok Janshakti Party Chief Chirag Paswan lauded execution of  four convicts in Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case earlier this morning saying that this would help raise faith of people in judiciary. All four convicts in Delhi 2012 rape and murder case were finally hung to death in Tihar jail at 5.30 am after a long-drawn and exhaustive judicial procedure.  

" convicts of Nirbhaya have been hanged this morning. This decision will help raise trust and faith of people of this country on judiciary. Such criminals should also be punished soon so that daughters of India feel safe and fearless. Live your life. Today Nirbhaya has won," read his tweet. 

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Four Convicts Hanged

Seven years and three months later, on March 20 four convicts in Delhi 2012 rape and murder case were brought to justice and hung to death in Tihar jail. Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were executed on Friday at 5.30 AM, after a long delay attempt. executions were carried out after men exhausted every possible legal avenue to escape gallows. ir despairing attempts only pushed inevitable by less than two months after initial date of hanging was set for January 22, 2020.

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Nirbhaya Case

A 23-year-old paramedic student Nirbhaya was gang-raped inside a running bus by six persons on December 16, 2012, in Delhi. victim was severely assaulted and thrown out on road along with her male friend and succumbed to injuries a few days later.

Out of six convicts, one reportedly committed suicide in prison, while ar, a juvenile, served maximum punishment of three years in a reform home and was set free in 2015.  remaining four rapists were convicted and handed death penalty by a trial court in 2013, confirmed by Delhi High Court in March 2014. Supreme Court upheld Delhi High Court's verdict in 2017. 

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