Shimla man wants to hang Nirbhaya case convicts, writes to President

With four Nirbhaya case convicts yet to be hanged amidst reports of Tihar jail not having an executioner, a man from Himachal Pradesh has written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking the job to carry out the execution.

Shimla:Dalit activist Ravi Kumar belonging to this Himachal Pradesh capital has written to President Ram Nath Kovind to appoint him as temporary executioner in Tihar Jail to hang the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case.

According to reports, Delhi's Tihar Jail has no executioner. "Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Kumar, 40, a matriculate who sells vegetables in Sanjauli area, mentioned in a handwritten letter in Hindi.

Sporting a long moustache, Kumar also contested in the last Lok Sabha elections from Shimla as an Independent candidate. He got just 0.39 per cent votes.

Media reports quoting Delhi Jail Director General Sandeep Goyal said there was no authorised trained executioner in Tihar Jail or Mandoli Jail who can perform the duty of a hangman.

"Still, there is nothing to worry about. When such a situation will come (hanging Nirbhaya case convicts), then everything will be managed. We will call one from some other state," he said.

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally tortured and gang-raped by a gang of six onboard in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, in Delhi.

The gangrape incident had caused wide public outrage across the country. It was only two days after the Delhi government 'strongly recommended' to the Centre to reject the mercy petition of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday received the mercy plea of a convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case

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