Nirbhaya convicts delaying execution, need strong law: Kejriwal

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday lamented that the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case are finding ways to delay their execution. He has also tweeted that the law should be amended so those rape convicts are hanged within six months.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday lamented that the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case are finding ways to delay their execution and said the law should be amended so those rape convicts are hanged within six months.

"I am sad that the convicts in the Nirbhaya case are avoiding the execution by their tactics. They should be hanged immediately. We are in dire need to amend our law so that in cases of rape, the hanging is done within six months," he tweeted in Hindi.

The Chief Minister's reaction came after the execution of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case was again halted by a Delhi court on Friday.

The execution was scheduled for Saturday at 6 am. Earlier, they were to hang on January 21 but that was also postponed.

(IANS)