The hangman at the Meerut prison on Friday indicated that he is ready to carry out the execution in the Tihar Jail of the men convicted of raping and murdering Nirbhaya in 2012.
Pawan Jallad said his grandfather had carried out the hanging of the two men involved in the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
"I am ready to carry out the execution if asked by the jail administration," Pawan Jallad told PTI on phone, referring to the authorities at the Meerut jail.
Amid reports about preparations to hang the four men convicted of the rape and murder, the Uttar Pradesh's Additional Director General (Prisons) Anand Kumar confirmed that Delhi's Tihar Jail has sent out a request for hangmen.
"The Tihar Jail had asked Uttar Pradesh to provide two hangmen at short notice but since one of them in Lucknow is unwell, the other one in Meerut has been asked to remain prepared," he said.
Jallad, who is about 55-year-old, however, said he is not aware of the identity of the convicts to be hanged but added that as the Nirbhaya case is in the news right now he might be required for those convicted in that.
Though he has not yet got any instructions from the Meerut jail administration, he said he is ready to go to Tihar Jail on 24 hours' notice.
Pawan said his father and grandfather were also hangmen.
"My grandfather Kallu Jallad and father Babbu Jallad had done this job. I personally helped my grandfather in five executions," Pawan claimed.
On preparations before any execution, he said, "I have to check the strength of the rope and the platform needed for hanging besides attending to the lever used for it."
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