After 7 years, Nirbhaya's rapists are hanged: Here's a timeline of events

From the 16 December 2012 gangrape and murder incident to a last-minute courtroom drama and execution of the convicts, here's a chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case

All four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case were executed at 5.30 this morning. A few hours earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed their final petition in a hearing past midnight, bringing the curtains down on a 7-year-old case that had left the nation in shock. In a bid to stave off the final fate, the convicts had petitioned the Delhi High Court, where their lawyer cited coronavirus, among other things, for lack of proper documents and hurriedly filed appeal.

In the past few months, the four convicts had filed multiple petitions, managing to stall