New Delhi: Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh and Vinay Sharma convicted in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case have been hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The four criminals were hanged at 5.30 am as per the scheduled time. Now their bodies will be sent for post mortem.

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Significantly, on December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped in Delhi. This hideous crime shook the entire nation. For more than seven years, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi was fighting for justice. Today Nirbhaya and his entire family got justice. Counsel for the convicts AP Singh tried to save the culprits till the last time and reached the top court's registrar's house at 1.25 pm. Lawyer AP Singh put his petition before the registrar and demanded a stay on the execution. After this, the judge reached the Supreme Court in the middle of the night and started the hearing.

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AP Singh in the apex court had said that Pawan was a minor at the time of the incident, but the Supreme Court rejected all the arguments. After which the way of hanging the culprits was cleared.

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