Several inmates were injured when a clash broke out between them inside jail number 4 of the Tihar prison in New Delhi, officials said on Sunday.
Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged bookie and a key accused in one of cricket's biggest match-fixing scandals that involved former South African captain Hansie Cronje, reached the Tihar Jail on Friday, officials said.
Prison authorities informed the Delhi High Court Tuesday that mobile signals, especially of Jio 4G, could not be blocked inside Tihar Jail with the technology they have and state-run C-DOT has been asked to develop a prototype jammer to prevent illegal communications by prisoners.
Nirbhaya case hanging: Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts has yet again been postponed, nevertheless, hangman Pawan Jallad performed a dummy execution even a day before February 1 (earlier date for execution). In India, jails follow a specific protocol, a hanging procedure at the time of executions. Here's how Nirbhaya's convicts will be treated until hanged.
The four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are set to be hanged on February 1, at 6 am. One of the convicts, Vinay Sharma has pleaded mercy ahead of the capital punishment and has written a letter to the President. Vinay Sharma and 3 other convicts in the Delhi gangrape and murder case are lodged in the Tihar jail and are taking to legal remedies to delay their execution.
Nirbhaya case: Mukesh had moved the mercy plea after the Supreme Court dismissed his curative petition against his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had also rejected the curative petition of another death row convict Akshay (31). The other two convicts, Pawan (25) and Vinay, are yet to file curative petitions before the Supreme Court.
Nirbhaya case: Tihar jail authorities have yet again performed the dummy execution in order to test the equipment which will be used to hang the convicts, jail officials said.
Nirbhaya case convict Vinay Sharma has also written a letter for his friends, in which he has advised his mates to behave well. In a letter addressed to Raju, Kamal, Rohit Singh and Dinesh, Vinay Sharma has said he remembers all his friends and loves them. Vinay has also penned some poems (shayari) in the letter.
As Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convicts are likely to be hanged on February 1, hangman Pawan Jallad, who is expected to carry out hanging of the four convicts, is likely to reach Tihar jail on January 30, sources say.
CBI has filed four new cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan and his associates under the sections for murder, attempt to murder, extortion and criminal conspiracy.
Tihar jail authorities Friday sought before a Delhi court issuance of fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
One of the convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gangrape case from 2012, collapsed in his jail cell when he was told that he was being moved to a cell hear the hanging courtyard. Vinay, who was in cell 4, got a panic attack when he was told that he was being shifted to another cell from where he would be taken for his hanging.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has been told that "hanging of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case can't take place on January 22. The execution of convicts will surely not take place on January 22. The fate of a death-row convict comes to a finality only after his mercy plea is rejected by the President."
Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case are nearing their end. During their stay at Tihar jail, the convicts appeared for exams and also did chores, earning prison wages up to Rs 1,37,000. According to Tihar jail sources, convicts Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma did labour work.
The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya case are likely to be shifted to Jail No. 3 in Tihar on Friday, where their execution will take place on January 22, a senior jail official said on Thursday. Currently, three convicts are lodged in Jail No. 2 and one in Jail No. 4.
Convicted gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin here on Wednesday complained to the Supreme Court that he was allegedly being kept in complete isolation in the Tihar jail.
"We will most likely write to the prison authority of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and seek services of two hangmen depending on the availability," a senior Tihar Jail official said.
With folded hands, Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
All the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail's cell 3. It is the same cell where Afzal Guru was executed in the Parliament attack case.
Meerut hangman Pawan Jallad will carry out the execution of convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case on January 22 in Tihar jail.
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