ITANAGAR, Jan 8: Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society has welcomed the death warrant issued to the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case.
The organisation termed it a landmark decision.
A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case and ordered they be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail, over seven years after the brutal crime sparked outrage and anger across the country.
The death warrant, also known as black warrant, addressed to the office of the Tihar jail chief, was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora against Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), all of whom are on death row.
Ram Singh, one of the six accused, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail. A juvenile, who was among the accused, was convicted by a juvenile justice board and was released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term.
APWWS in a statement lauded the courage shown by Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi who spearheaded the fight for justice in the long legal battle.

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