Delhi gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma beaten up by Tihar inmates

August 20, 2015 18:16

Just in: Vinay Sharma, one of the men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape has been beaten up in Tihar jail. The rapist was allegedly attacked by other inmates.

Mukesh, Akshay, Pawan and Vinay have been lodged in Tihar. Mukesh shares a cell with Akshay Thakur in jail 5. The two others, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, have been lodged in jail 7, originally meant for adolescent convicts.

Jails 5 and 7 are high security jails and the men are not allowed to engage in any regular jail work other than cleaning their wards for security reasons.

The fast-track court, which began trial proceedings in the case on January 17, 2013, took just eight months to hand out death sentences to all the accused. For its part, the Delhi High Court heard the convicts' appeals and confirmed capital punishment for them, all of it within six months.

But the case is stuck ever since the convicts moved the apex court on March 15, 2014, two days after their sentence was upheld by the high court. The top court needs to further confirm their sentences after hearing their appeals.

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