Tihar Jail News
No inmate COVID-19 positive in Delhi jails: Prisons dept
No prisoner is COVID-19 positive and the situation in jails here has much improved, said the Delhi Prisons DepartmentSo far, 63 inmates of the three jails, Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli, have tested positive for the infection, 61 one of them recovered and 2 died
1 min read21 Aug 2020Tihar Jail starts process to grant emergency parole to convicts
For convicts who are above 60 years of age, a more relaxed criteria have been kept in comparison to other convicts
1 min read24 May 2020Justice delayed but not denied, says Nirbhaya’s mother after hanging of 4 convicts
The four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were hanged to death at 5:30 am in Delhi’s Tihar jail todayThe hanging was carried out as per schedule this morning after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts’ lawyer AP Singh
1 min read20 Mar 2020All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were executed at 5.30 am for the savage assault in an empty moving bus on the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who came to be known the world over as Nirbhaya, the fearless one
1 min read20 Mar 2020Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution
The four convicts in the case are to be hanged together at 5.30 am on 20 March, according to an order by a Delhi court earlier this monthAccording to the jail authorities, dummy executions will be conducted after the arrival of the hangman
1 min read15 Mar 2020Nirbhaya rapists to be executed in Jail No 3; Tihar to call Meerut hangman
Three of the convicts are lodged in Jail No 2, while one is in Jail No 4’Nobody from jail admin has yet contacted me,’ says Pawan, the hangman
1 min read7 Jan 2020Sonia Gandhi & Manmohan Singh meet P Chidambaram in Tihar jail
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh met P. Chidambaram, who is currently in jail in connection with the INX media case. After the meeting which lasted around 30 minutes, Chidambaram tweeted to say thank the two leaders and also said that he will be strong as long as the party is strong. Karti Chidambaram also visited Tihar jail to meet his father. Chidambaram has been in jail since September 5th and the CBI and ED have opposed his bail pleas in court.
23 Sep 2019Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi meet Chidambaram in Tihar
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were accompanied by Chidambaram’s son, KartiOver the past few weeks, top Congress leaders have issued statements supporting Chidambaram
1 min read24 Sep 2019Former FM Chidambaram to be served ’roti-dal-sabzi’ in Tihar’s jail number 7
A Delhi court on Thursday sent Chidambaram to Tihar jail, where he will spend 14 days in judicial custodyHe will be provided spectacles, medicine and western toilet, in accordance with court’s directives, said said Director General of Delhi prisons, Tihar
1 min read5 Sep 2019INX Media case: CBI court sends Chidambaram to Tihar jail till 19 September
Former union minister P Chidambaram sent to 14-day judicial custodyThe court allowed him to carry his medicines to jail
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