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I'm Sruti. I'm Hannah. And welcome to Redhanded. I don't think we've got any

announcements to make apart from perhaps five dollar patrons. Definitely going to want to hang out and listen to the under the

dovet after this because this is a miserable case and that will make you feel a little bit less sad. So if you are

listening to this episode in a timely manner when it comes out, this Sunday, the 8th of March 2020 is International Women's Day.

And while Hannah and I discussed a multitude of stories that we could have covered to mark this event, we chose this case.

And we chose it because there is right now currently an upheaval going on around the world on the rights of women.

More and more, we're challenging everything from traditional gender roles to demanding that the most powerful institutions take accountability.

And this case today reflects this movement in a truly all encompassing way.

Personally, for me, this case has been incredibly difficult to research. As a woman of Indian heritage, she was born in India and could well have grown up there to see what became of an intelligent, ambitious young woman who simply dare to live her life in the most

ordinary way. Who was also the exact same age as me was hard to stomach. So while as we said this isn't going to be an easy listen today, stick with us because it's important.

We are of course talking about the 2012 Delhi gang rape case also named the Nidhrabaya case. In India, the law forbids the publishing of a rape victims name. Nidhrabaya was the name that the Indian media gave to the victim, Jyothi Singh.

Nidhrabaya means fearless. And just so everyone knows we can use Jyothi's real name now because her parents wanted her name to be known.

Not only did this case feel incredibly important for us to cover this week because it's International Women's Day, but also because on the 7th of January this year,

four of the men convicted of the crime were issued death warrants. And with information correct as of the day we're recording this all for our set to be executed on the 3rd of March 2020.

And there to be hanged all together at 6 a.m. at the Gallows site in Delhi's T.R. jail. I feel like that's really famous. Like why do I know that name?

I think it's quite like infamous prison. I believe it's the biggest prison in Delhi. So that's the capsules of the Div India. So maybe you've read about a case that also happened there.

I feel like I've specifically heard about a mass hanging there. I think interesting. It must have been before independence. Maybe, maybe.

Yeah, to put this into context, India got independence from the United Kingdom. And while there were plenty of executions in the early days, there have been no mass executions like the one that's going to happen this week.

And actually, while India still puts many people on death row in the last 15 years, only five official executions have been carried out. Prior to this, the last one was in 2015.

And according to IPS officer and retired inspector general of police for the British estate in India, quote, if this is done, if all four men are hanged at the Gallows together, it will be a new entry in the annals of criminal punishment in India.

For many of you who know this case, you may be thinking, damn right, hang them. And while I certainly understand your sentiment, my surprise at the sentences wasn't because the crime wasn't brutal. It truly is. It's because rape in India, violence against women and girls in India is not a rare thing.

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