2012 Delhi gangrape case: Dummy execution of four death row convicts performed in Tihar Jail, say prison officials

New Delhi: A dummy execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case was performed at Tihar Jail on Sunday, prison officials said. A Delhi court had pronounced on Tuesday that the convicts: Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31), will be hanged on 22 January at 7 am in the Tihar Jail. A team of prison officials performed dummy execution of the four convicts. The dummies were created using sacks filled with debris and stones as per the weight of the convicts, a senior jail official said. The execution will take place on in Jail No 3, he said, adding that the Uttar Pradesh Prison authority has confirmed that Pawan Jallad from Meerut will be sent to hang the four convicts. The Tihar authorities had written to the Uttar Pradesh prison authorities, seeking the services of two hangmen from the state to the execution. All the four convicts are likely to be hung simultaneously. The jail authorities were also holding conversations with the convicts on a daily basis to ensure that they were in a good mental state, the official said.