A convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape case has asked that a mercy plea in his name withdrawn, and claims he did not sign or authorise it, ANI reports.
HIGHLIGHTS
- File had been sent to President for final decision
- L-G Baial sent file to Centre this week
- Delhi govt had earlier recommended rejecting plea
Vinay Sharma, a convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, has asked that the mercy plea in his name be withdrawn as he never authorised it.
Sharma has moved a plea before President Ram Nath Kovind seeking the immediate withdrawal of the mercy petition, ANI reported on Saturday.
He claims the mercy plea sent to President Kovind by the Home Ministry wasn’t signed and authorised by him.
The Centre sent President Kovind the Delhi government’s recommendation rejecting the mercy plea yesterday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had sent the file rejecting the plea to the Home Ministry earlier this week.
A group of men that included Vinay Sharma gangraped Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old paramedic student, in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012.
She later died of her injuries.
The brutality of the rape had rocked the nation, leading to massive protests.
Prasanta Patnaik