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Updated: Jan 31, 2020 19:19 IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Asha Devi, mother of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, broke into tears after a Delhi court on
Friday stayed till further orders, the execution of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, which was earlier scheduled to take place on
February 1.Asha Devi said the convicts' lawyer challenged her in court premises and said the convicts will never be executed."I am not
pained at the fact that execution has been postponed but I am pained at the fact that the lawyer of the convicts AP Singh has challenged me
saying that the convicts will never be executed, this is the most painful thing," said Asha DeviAsha Devi also said that the justice system
of the country has loopholes and that the system needs rethinking."I have been sitting here since 10 a.m
in the hope that we will get justice
The government and the lawyers are giving the convicts chances to take advantage of the loopholes in the system
All I would like to say is that it is because of the loopholes in the system that the convicts' lawyer was able to challenge me in the court
The courts now have to ponder over it
This is what the convicts wanted, they wanted their hanging to be postponed for an indefinite period," said Asha.She reiterated that she
will continue her fight until she gets justice and said," I will continue my fight
The government will have to execute the convicts."Advocate Seema Kushwaha, representing the victim's side, said, "The hanging has been
postponed not dismissed, they will have to be executed
I am disappointed but I have not lost hope and I will make sure that they are hanged."Kushwaha further added that the judicial system now
needs reform."I am unable to understand why is the judiciary giving them relief? The judicial and police system needs reforms," she
added.The case pertains to the gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six
people including a juvenile in Delhi
The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.One of the five adults accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in
the Tihar Jail during the trial of the case
