' ( B% !$ . / C ! C ! C VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( "$'#1$:.,5 *-..* / )*+ , 01%12 ,3 $.! E :4D,'# 'D%1=)D'D',-%23,34DE '11%ED2'1,,3G)DE %14-4(=J'D, :-D$34:-(:3'1),32 13=-'#K4132''# 23'=-23$(2 =-3'%#32- '-1,'% 2DD$)E2D&230F()%1E)1=G %1-23%(' -G%123:3%8>3G,3%3 H4 = (?I $$37 H3 ) 1 3! .! " "=7 "" / .@ ",0 R $ % % & " == == 'R % ! '1,%14- Singh, alias Ranga, and Jasbir +, $ ! Singh, alias Billa, were caught . !! he horrific December 16, soon after their dastardly crime !. . **"" '1,%14- graped on a moving bus by six T2012 Nirbhaya rape-murder and were hanged to death in ! ! men, including a juvenile who case transformed much in India. Tihar in 1982. ! he rapists and killers of 23- is now free. From laws on rape to relief and After them, the executions ) 6- ! Tyear-old paramedic She was subjected to the rehabilitation measures for rape of Kartar Singh and Ujagar +- , Nirbhaya will be hanged on most inhuman torture with survivors and the very mindset Singh, the convicts in India’s $ ! January 22 at 7 am in Jail num- her rapists inserting iron rod in of the people, everything went purported contract killing — K. 2 ) " ber 3 in Tihar. Three of the her private parts and then for a sea change. the sensational Vidya Jain mur- . &/"8 ) convicts are lodged in Jail throwing Nirbhaya and her But as the case reaches its der of 1973 (1983), Kashmiri $ # number 2, while one is in Jail male friend on the road from inevitable end with the issuance militant Maqbool Bhat (1984), +.2 ) number 4, the official said. The the moving bus. She and her of warrants for the hanging of Indira Gandhi’s assassin Satwant much awaited verdict was friend had boarded the bus the four convicts on January 22, Singh and conspirator Kehar delivered on Tuesday by the from South Delhi after a watch- the execution chamber of Tihar brutal murder of the teenage Singh (1989), and finally 2001 + %! 96 !! trial court as the Additional ing movie. Jail will also see a major change. Chopra children (Geeta and her Parliament attack case conspir- + ) 3/ Sessions Judge (ASJ) issued She was found naked and For this, it is necessary to brother Sanjay) in August 1978 ator Afzal Guru (2013) have / : the death warrant against the bleeding on the chilly night of revisit the previous few decades, had shook the nation, and the been the eight people who have +,8 ! convicts on the death row. December 16, 2012. She died back to the 1970s, when towards then Janata Party Government undergone capital punishment ) ;& 1! . The issuance of the death on December 29, 2012, at the end of that tumultuous of Prime Minister Morarji in Tihar’s gallows court. - !.# warrant against the four con- Mount Elizabeth Hospital in decade, the kidnapping and Desai. The two convicts, Kuljit Continued on Page 4 +8 . victs Mukesh Singh, (32), Singapore. Pawan Gupta, (25), Vinay The sheer brutality inflict- /#%00 = Sharma (26) and Akshay ed on her by the rapists had ! " Kumar Singh (31) evoked emo- created ripples across the coun- * = $ % "/ " ! tional response from Nirbhaya’s try and became a turning point " > parents who have been waiting for laws to ensure safety of /#%.> !> : for the last seven years to see women. Then Manmoahn !! ' ?>>:@ 6 ! justice for their daughter. Singh-led Union Government !! **"" '1,%14- As soon as the judge signed had set up a commission head- !! ! order. Three of the con- *1. >>: the death warrant, all the four ed by former Chief Justice of victs are lodged in Jail No convicts broke down in jail. India JS Verma, who suggest- ! . ! he four convicts in the 2, while one is in Jail No 4, 6 #2 2 ) However, the process of ed many changes in the laws. TNirbhaya gangrape case the official said. Sources said > ! executing them could be Just before the death war- ! . will be executed in Jail the jail authorities will /3>>: ! ! delayed as the convicts have 14 rant, the mother of convict No 3, a senior Tihar Jail approach the Uttar Pradesh / days to use their final legal Mukesh had walked up to !7 P 7" official said on prison authority asking for options. “They will be kept in Nirbhaya’s mother and plead- Tuesday, hours after a a hangman from Meerut to 3&0>>: separate cells in solitary con- ed with her. “I appeal to you to ! " ! Delhi court issued carry out the executions. finement and will be allowed forgive my son. I am begging 6 death warrants against The four convicts — . one last meeting with their ) P # + for his life,” she said, holding / ! them and declared that Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta 4 = &/" families,” said a jail official. ) , ! - . , # her sari before her in a gesture ! they will be hanged at 7 am on (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and 8 "3/ "$ Nirbhaya’a mother Asha of begging. “I had a daughter " January 22. Akshay Kumar Singh (31) — 40= Devi and her father, who have on the brutal gangrape that had said Nirbhaya’s mother. too. How can I forget what According to the official, will be kept in isolated cells and ! !!A waged a relentless battle to see outraged the country. Nirbhaya, who was pursu- happened with her? I have . ropes which will be used for will not be allowed to interact #205-= ! that the rapists and murderers “This judgment will rein- ing Bachelor of Physiotherapy been waiting for justice for hanging them will be brought with other prisoners. Their fam- ! !!A of her daughter are punished, force people’s faith in the judi- and was named as “Nirbhaya seven years,” Nirbhaya’s moth- . ! ! from Bihar’s Buxar Jail. He ily members, however, can visit # - )= ! appeared satisfied after the ciary and empower women. (fearless)”, had died 13 days er responded. !7 P said the prison authorities are them any time, the official said. ! judge reading the final verdict My daughter will get justice,” after she was brutally gan- Continued on Page 4 * 7" waiting to receive the court Continued on Page 4 **"" '1,%14- Forensic Science Laboratory follow. FIRs were registered on the One complaint was lodged The SIT is headed by Joy were in the university, sources Delhi Police’s Crime complaint of JNU administra- on January 3 for switching off Tirkey, DCP Crime while Joint " t is over two days since the said. The Physics team will col- Branch issued a public appeal tion on January 5. The JNU the server while another com- Commissioner of Police Imasked assailants ran riot lect evidence such as rods and urging “all those who are wit- administration had given the plaint was registered on (Western Range) Shalini Singh on the JNU campus, but no stones used by the masked nesses to the incident or have names of students union office January 4 for vandalising the is heading a fact-finding com- arrests have been made so far mob to attack students and any information about the inci- bearers, including its presi- server room, police said. mittee to probe the incident. ! as the police are still looking for teachers at the university, while dent or have captured any dent Aishe Gosh, in connection JNUSU vice-president She visited the JNU campus vital clues. the Chemistry team will collect activity on their mobile phones with the vandalism in the serv- Saket Moon alleged the admin- and spoke to students and '1,%14- wages, may also include appro- The Delhi Police on samples of chemicals, if there or camera” to “come forward er room but police have not put istration is selectively targeting teachers on Tuesday. The Joint priate disciplinary action.” Tuesday issued a public appeal are any. The biology team will and give their statements/ her name or that of other stu- some students and denied any CP visited all spots and inter- ublic sector banks, trans- Several PSU banks have seeking pictures, footage or collect DNA samples, among footage/picture in their pos- dents in the accused column of involvement in the vandalism acted with the students. Pport, Government offices in informed stock exchanges any information related to other evidence. session to the SIT”. the FIRs. of the server room. Continued on Page 4 Opposition-ruled States and about the strike and its impact about Sunday’s violence on Senior police officials said The Delhi Police has reg- other services across the coun- on banking services. JNU campus that left 34 peo- police teams are trying to iden- istered two FIRs in connection try are likely to be hit as several Continued on Page 4 ple injured even as forensic tify the accused persons who with vandalism at the server mainstream trade unions have teams looked for evidence. were involved in the violence room of the Jawaharlal Nehru !" called a nationwide strike on Teams from Physics, Chemistry and once they are identified, University (JNU). According to Wednesday. The Government !%&#(''( and Biology divisions of the legal action against them will a senior police official, the has warned of stern action against strikers. ::3+'$##2 # % Ten Central trade unions — INTUC, AITUC, HMS, (;$'2<%&$'#;; '1,%14- had skipped a high-level meet- a meeting with HRD Ministry CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, ing convened by the Ministry Secretary Amit Khare on SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC Kolkata: Trinamool Congress bserving that Jamia Millia on Monday. Monday. — along with various inde- has found itself in a spot on OIslamia Vice-Chancellor In its preliminary report, Condemning the mob vio- pendent federations, associa- whether to proactively oppose Najma Akhtar handled a more the Ministry has said the JNU lence on the campus that left 34 tions and Left-wing the bandh as it had been doing explosive situation on her cam- administration needed to be people injured, the Ministry in Government employees’ since Mamata Banerjee came pus in a far better way than more sensitive towards the stu- a note on Tuesday observed unions had adopted a declara- to power in 2011.