Nirbhaya's mother, Asha Devi, broke down and cried this evening after a Delhi court once again postponed the hanging of the four men convicted in the 2012 gangrape, torture and murder of her 23-year-old daughter. Minutes after the court announced the execution - which had been scheduled for 6 am Saturday - would be deferred till further orders, Asha Devi told reporters the convicts' lawyer, AP Singh, bragged that "the hanging will never happen".
Multiple petitions have been filed by the four men in their attempts to stall their execution, set for tomorrow at 6 am. The hangman arrived yesterday at Tihal jail in Delhi, where the convicts Pawan, Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh and Vinay Sharma were to be hanged together.