Rishi Kapoor Enraged by Delay in Hanging of Delhi Gang-Rape convicts!

It has been eight years since the convicts of the Nirbhaya Rape Case were arrested. The Delhi High Court has yet again announced the stay on their death penalty as they were scheduled to be hanged on March 3, 2020. However, a mercy petition of one of the convicts is still pending.

While the recent development has irked the nation even Bollywood celebrity Rishi Kapoor was enraged by the same and Referring to the development, Rishi tweeted, “Nirbhaya case. Tareekh pe tareekh,tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh- “Damini”. Ridiculous!”

Check out the Tweet below:

The execution was stopped after Justice Dharmendra Rana on Monday ruled that a last-minute mercy petition has been filed by Pawan Gupta - the last of the four to file the plea which is still pending with Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

The execution was halted as the convicts were barely 13 hours before the four were to walk to the gallows at Tihar prison on Tuesday morning. 

In retrospect, the initial death warrant was issued against four convicts on January 22, 2020. The execution was already postponed twice - February 1 and March 3 due to the convicts not having exhausted their remedies.