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‘Appoint Me As Executioner So That Nirbhaya Case Convicts Can Be Hanged Soon’: Shimla Man Writes To President
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Dec 05, 2019, 11:52 AM | Updated 11:52 AM IST
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Activist Ravi Kumar belonging to Himachal Pradesh capital has written to President Ram Nath Kovind to appoint him as temporary executioner in Tihar Jail to hang the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
At present, Delhi's Tihar Jail has no executioner.
"Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Kumar, 40, a matriculate who sells vegetables in Sanjauli area, mentioned in a handwritten letter in Hindi.
Himachal Pradesh: Ravi Kumar, from Shimla has written to President Kovind to appoint him as temporary executioner in Delhiâs Tihar Jail as there is no executioner there.He states, âAppoint me executioner so âNirbhayaâ case convicts can be hanged soon & her soul rests in peace". pic.twitter.com/fqZLarNZIQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2019
Sporting a long moustache, Kumar also contested in the last Lok Sabha elections from Shimla as an Independent candidate. He got just 0.39 per cent votes.
Media reports quoting Delhi Jail Director General Sandeep Goyal said there was no authorised trained executioner in Tihar Jail or Mandoli Jail who can perform the duty of a hangman.
"Still, there is nothing to worry about. When such a situation will come (hanging Nirbhaya case convicts), then everything will be managed. We will call one from some other state," he said.
(With Inputs from IANS)
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