New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts of Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, received minor injuries after he tried to hurt himself by banging his head on the wall of his cell on February 16, news agency ANI quoted a Tihar jail official as saying. Vinay has been lodged in jail number three of the Tihar jail in Delhi.
"One of the death row convicts of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, Vinay had attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall in his cell, on February 16. He had received minor injuries," the official stated.
Jail authorities further said that the wardens in-charge of the death row convicts managed to stop him and took him to the hospital where he received first aid and was discharged. According to TimesofIndia sources, Vinay had also tried to fracture his hand by sticking it into the grilles of the jail, however, the personnel stopped him.
Vinay’s counsel, AP Singh, meanwhile, confirmed the incident and said that his mental condition was unstable after the court issued a new death warrant, setting March 3rd as the date of conviction for all the four convicts.
During the hearing, AP Singh told the court that Vinay is on a hunger strike and his mental status is also not well. Singh also sought the court's direction to jail authorities for his health check-up and proper medical report.
The Patiala House Court on Monday issued fresh death warrants against four convicts while hearing a petition by the state and Nirbhaya's parents. The four death row convicts will now be hanged on March 3 at 6 am.
Earlier, Delhi High Court on February 5 granted a week's time to the four convicts to avail of all legal remedies available to them and said that the convicts cannot be hanged separately since they were convicted for the same crime.
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The case pertains to the brutal gang-rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in Delhi. The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.
One of the five adults accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail during the trial of the case.
(With ANI Inputs)