All Nirbhaya convicts now in Tihar jail; speculation rife about their hanging

All Nirbhaya convicts are now lodged in Tihar jail after one of the accused was shifted from Mandoli jail following an alleged security threat. This move along with a directive to prepare 10 hanging ropes, issued to Buxar jail, has triggered speculations about their hanging.

New Delhi:All convicts in the Nirbhaya case are now lodged in Tihar jail triggering speculation about their hanging. According to reports, one of the convicts was shifted from Mandoli jail to Tihar on Tuesday due to security reasons. The rest three convicts were already lodged in Tihar.

The jail authorities are also reportedly inspecting gallows for maintenance work. Meanwhile, a jail in Buxar district of Bihar, known for its expertise in manufacturing execution ropes, has been directed to keep 10 pieces ready by the end of this week, triggering speculations that these might be meant for the 2012 Nirbhaya case convicts.

Speculation was rife in a section of the media that four convicts of the gang-rape case of December 16, 2012, when a young woman died after being raped and brutalised inside a moving bus in Delhi, could be hanged later this month.

The recent sexual assault and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad and the subsequent killing of the accused in a police encounter have evoked a fresh clamour -- including appeals by family members of the Delhi victim -- for the execution of the convicts whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court more than a year ago.

Last week, Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts in the Delhi gangrape case, had sought immediate withdrawal of his mercy plea from President Ram Nath Kovind, saying it was sent without his consent.

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