Nirbhaya Case: Akshay, Vinay to Meet Parents For Last Time as Court Will Hear Tihar’s Reply Today

Tihar jail authorities said that Mukesh and Pawan have already met their families before February 1. Akshay and Vinay have now been asked when they want to meet their family members.

New Delhi: Ahead of March 3 — the scheduled date for the hanging of the four convicts of the Nirbhaya gangrape case, the Tihar jail authorities are completing the routine procedures of the last few days. Death row convicts get to meet their parents/relatives for the last time before execution. Since the date of the execution of the four — Mukesh, Pawan, Akshay and Vinay — has postponed twice before, some formalities have already been done. Tihar jail authorities said that Mukesh and Pawan have already met their families before February 1. Akshay and Vinay have now been asked when they want to meet their family members.

This is the third date for the execution as the first two dates of January 22 and February 1 were postponed as all legal remedies were not exhausted.

On Thursday, a Delhi Court sought responses from Tihar jail authorities on a plea by Vinay’s lawyer AP Singh seeking better treatment for what he claimed as his mental illness, schizophrenia and head and arm injuries.

Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana directed the prison authorities to file its reply on the plea by Vinay Kumar Sharma on Saturday. Vinay injured himself by banging her head against a wall on Sunday. On Monday, the new death warrant was issued. Lawyer AP Singh has also approached the Election Commission as well complaining against the process in which Delhi government rejected Vinay’s mercy plea.