Delhi court issues fresh death warrants against 4 Nirbhaya case convicts

New Delhi: A fresh death warrant has been issued on Friday (January 17) for the hanging of Nirbhaya rape and murder convicts on  February 1 at 6 am.

The hanging of all the four convicts will take place at the same time in Delhi's Tihar jail.

Reacting to the latest development, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Friday said that political parties were playing politics over the sensitive issue. "The government can`t see our pain. I lost my daughter seven years ago I want justice," Asha Devi told Zee News. She has alleged foul play in the case and that the execution of four convicts was deliberately being delayed.

Earlier, President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy plea filed by one of the convicts — Mukesh Singh — clearing all roadblocks to the execution of the four convicts. The mercy plea was filed by after his curative plea was rejected by the Supreme Court.