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Nirbhaya: Hangman arrives at Tihar ahead of uncertain hanging
New Delhi, Jan 31: Pawan Jallad, a hangman from the Meerut Prison, reported to the Tihar Jail administration on Thursday, two days ahead of the Nirbhaya case convicts' scheduled execution, officials said.
They said Pawan, a third-generation hangman, will be staying on the jail premises and check the strength of the ropes and other related things on Friday.
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The four convicts in the gruesome gangrape-and-murder case are scheduled to be hanged on February 1, but their execution is unlikely to happen as one of them filed a mercy petition before the President on Wednesday while another moved a curative plea before the Supreme Court.
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