People chant 'long live Nirbhaya', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' outside Tihar Jail after convicts hanged

Carrying the tricolour and raising slogans 'long live Nirbhaya' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', hundreds of people gathered outside the Tihar jail complex in the early hours of Friday, with some distributing sweets after the four gang-rape and murder convicts case were hanged.

Security was beefed up outside the Tihar Jail number three where the four convicts --- Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) --- were hanged at 5.30 am.

Among those gathered outside the jail was social activist Yogita Bhayana. She held a poster which read 'Nirbhaya has got justice. The other daughters still await'.

"Justice has been finally delivered," she said, adding it was a victory of the legal system.

The horrific gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern on December 16, 2012, who came to be known as Nirbhaya, the fearless, had seared the nation's soul and triggered countrywide outrage.

Akash Deep, who has been associated with Nirbhaya's family, said he came to witness the victory after a long-drawn legal battle that continued for over seven years.

"It was a tough fight. However, justice was won today," he said.

Divya Dhawan, who came from Subhash Nagar, said, "The decision is good but that could have been better if justice was delivered early."
Sana, a resident of west Delhi, said, "Nothing will change after this hanging in our society, but we are happy that the four convicts have been hanged and justice was delivered."