7 yrs after nirbhaya was brutally gangraped and murdered, four convicts hanged
7 yrs after nirbhaya was brutally gangraped and murdered, four convicts hanged"
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Much before all this, even before the death warrants, it was reported in December last year, that preparations had already been going on at Tihar Jail for the execution. Hindustan Times had
reported that officials had begun arrangements from the second week of December 2019. They had ordered new ropes from Buxar Jail, made by prisoners there. They reportedly have to be a
particular type so that they do not break, or cut the throat while hanging. The services of two hangmen from Uttar Pradesh were reportedly sought, and inspections were carried out such as
that of the iron beam, the wooden plank, the lever, the gallows, and a test hanging with a dummy weighing 70-80 kilos.
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