How dare she? Nirbhaya's mother after Indira Jaising speaks against death penalty
New Delhi/IBNS: At a time the country is crying for the justice for the convicts of 2012 Delhi gangrape case, advocate Indira Jaising spoke against death penalty to only draw the wrath of victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi.
Though the Supreme Court has issued a death warrant for all four convicts, the death penalty is getting delayed over the mercy pleas.
Jaising recently tweeted, "While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn’t not want the death penalty for her . We are with you but against death penalty."
While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn’t not want the death penalty for her . We are with you but against death penalty. https://t.co/VkWNIbiaJp
— Indira Jaising (@IJaising) January 17, 2020
She was referring to Nalini who was arrested and convicted for her role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
Lashing out at the senior advocate, Asha Devi said as quoted by Hindustan Times, "I can’t believe how Indira Jaising even dared to suggest such this.
I met her many times over the years in the Supreme Court, not once did she ask for my well being and today she is speaking for convicts. Such people earn a livelihood by supporting rapists, hence rape incidents don’t stop."
Though earlier the date for death penalty was fixed on Feb 22, due to the mercy plea of one of the convicts, Mukesh, the day of execution got delayed.
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A Delhi court on Friday issued fresh death warrants for the Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta, who are now likely to be executed at 7 am on Feb 1.
Meanwhile, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh.
On Dec 16, 2012, Nirbhaya, who was a 23-year female physiotherapy intern, was gang-raped, assaulted and tortured at a private bus in Delhi when she was travelling with her friend.
She was raped by six people including the driver of the bus.
The victim had succumbed to her injuries 13 days after the horrific crime was committed.
The incident had sparked national and international outrage. Both the state and central government were brought under the scanner for not providing adequate protection to women in the national capital.
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