After a 🧜wait of seven long years, four convicts in 𓆏the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case were hanged till death at the Tihar Jail at 5:30 AM on Friday (March 20) in Delhi.
Four men – Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26), and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), were accused in the ghastly gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy intern, in a moving bus at the national capital.
After seve🌊n years of trial and rejections of several mercy petitions filed by the four r🧜apists, they were finally hanged.
Team India’s opener Shikhar Dhawan hailed the hanging and said that Nirbhaya could rest in peace now.
Dhawan took to Twitter and said: “Justice prevailed. RIP Nirbhaya #NirbhayaVerdict.”
Justice prevailed. RIP Nirbhaya 🙏🏻
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Indian women’s team all-rounder Veda Krishnamurthy also expressed her thoughts. She called it a historic day for India. The right-arm spinner also added that justice has been served in the end.
She wrote, “Historic Day for India. Justice has prevailed.”
Historic Day for India. Justice has preva💫iled. 🙏🙏
— Veda Krishnamurthy (@vedakmurthy08)
As per reports, the heinous crime took place in Delhi on December 16, 20⛦12, when Nirbhaya was subjected to unthinkable brutality. The shocking incident stirred a massive outrage across the nation with people coming out in the open to protest against the gruesome crime while demanding justice for Nirbhaya.
