Delhi gang rape convicts hanged, after 7 years of committing the crime

The four men convicted for the rape and homicide of a 23-yr-old girl in a moving bus in Delhi were hanged at 5:30 am on Friday, after seven years of commiting the brutal crime.

The bus’ cleaners Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta and gym teacher Vinay Sharma have been hanged simultaneously inside Tihar Jail number 3, director-standard of police Sandeep Goel said.

Hundreds of police personnel had been deployed outdoor the prison to govern a crowd that waited to rejoice the hangings, first in India in a rape case because Dhananjoy Chatterjee changed into accomplished for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in 2004.

A medical doctor inside Tihar Jail examined the bodies of the four men after the hanging and declared them dead, Sandeep Goel stated.

“The four bodies will now be despatched for a postmortem on the DDU Hospital. The post-mortem process could be video graphed,” a prison spokesperson stated.

Officials said the men, who've now not left any will, were told approximately the updates from court late on Thursday night.

Six people, which includes a juvenile, had gang-raped and fatally assaulted the female. Prime accused Ram Singh, the bus driver, dedicated suicide in 2013 and youth charged changed into released after spending three years in a reform home. The crime had sparked sizable protests across the country, a vast global outrage and brought about toughening of laws in opposition to intercourse offenders in India.

The men accused of the crime were convicted inside a year and their death sentence upheld by the Supreme Court in 2017. But its execution took lengthy as legal professionals representing these guys cited the proper treatments to be had to the convicts to postpone their hanging.

The father and mother of the woman, mainly her mother, persisted with the legal conflict to see the culprits hanged. “Finally, the convicts have been hanged. This became a conflict of  7 years. It was delayed, but we were given justice. Today, Nirbhaya got justice and girls of the country got justice. I need to thank everyone - the judiciary, the government, each citizen - for this,” she said while speaking to reporters after the placing.“This will be a message for the whole country, she stated. “Girls will now sense safer. After the execution, families will start teaching their sons and use the striking as an example,” she said.

The households of the convicts, meanwhile, stored pleading that the legal machine should show a few mercy and travel their demise sentences into life. Some own family members also claimed that these convicts are “innocent”. As the very last petition was rejected on Thursday, the wife of one of the convicts fainted outdoor the Delhi court.

The four convicts reached the President’s doorsteps multiple instances with requests for mercy, and filed petitions in Supreme Court in opposition to their conviction. But all of the petitions and reclaimed been rejected.

The young woman, who changed into gang-raped, brutally assaulted and thrown off the bus, fought for her existence for almost two weeks before succumbing to her injuries. She died in a medical institution in Singapore, wherein she was airlifted, on December 29, 2012.