NEW DELHI: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal on Friday said that it is a historic day today as
Nirbhaya
has got justice after over seven years.
Nirbhaya case live updatesThe four convicts in the
Nirbhaya case were hanged to death at 5:30 a.m. in Delhi's
Tihar jail
on Friday.
Maliwal said, "It is a historic day, Nirbhaya got justice after over seven years. Her soul must have found peace today. The country has given a strong message to rapists that those who commit this crime will be hanged."
Hanging was carried out as per schedule at 5:30 a.m. after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts' lawyer AP Singh to stay their execution in a late-night hearing.
The four convicts, along with two others including Ram Singh and a juvenile, had raped and brutally tortured a 23-year-old paramedic student on a moving bus in south Delhi on the night of December 16, 2012. The victim died a few days later after battling for life at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital and later at a Singapore hospital.
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