HC asks Tihar authorities to consider media house plea to interview Nirbhaya convicts

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New Delhi, March 11: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Tihar Jail authorities to consider afresh the plea of a media house seeking permission to interview the four men on death row for their role in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.

Justice Navin Chawla asked the authorities to communicate their decision by Thursday. 

The media house has sought permission to interview the four convicts — Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Kumar Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) — who are to be hanged on March 20. PTI