Nirbhaya Convict’s Family Don’t Want Him Hanged

While India’s judiciary and jails prepared for the hanging, the wife, mother and son of one of the Nirbhaya convicts, Akshay Thakur begged for mercy one final time.

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19 March 2020 5:57 PM

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