New Delhi (NVI): The Delhi government today rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case.
After the rejection by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government, the recommendation of the mercy plea was forwarded to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, who sent it to Union Ministry of Home Affairs for the further processing.
The Home Ministry will form its own recommendation now and forward that to President Ram Nath Kovind.
According to the law, the President has the power to commute death sentence to life imprisonment.
Mukesh Singh and the three other convicts– Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar and Pawan Gupta– are scheduled to be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail.
Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old girl, was brutally raped and murdered on the night of December 16, 2012, in a south Delhi area.
