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Hindalga prison gears up to witness execution after 33 years

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Belagavi: The gallows at the Hindalaga prison in Belagavi, which remained unused over the last 33 years, is in focus again. The officials of the jail have started oiling and dusting the gallows equipment after they received an order copy from the Apex Court to hang notorious rapist and murderer Umesh Reddy, who has been lodged in Hindalga prison for the last 10 years.

Reddy is a serial rapist and killer who confessed to have killed 18 women and was convicted in nine cases. Reddy was lodged in the dark cells of the Hindalga jail on October 29, 2006 after he was shifted from the Ballari jail. President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Reddy’s mercy petition and soon after, the Supreme Court too quashed his mercy review petition, confirming his death by hanging. The authorities at the Hindalga prison have already got a soft copy of the Supreme Court order. But as per rules, they have to receive the hard copy and send it to the trial court before hanging. On receiving the order, the trial court prepares a schedule for hanging and issues a black warrant, giving the green signal for jail authorities to executive the criminal, sources said adding that after the black warrant is issued, the authorities have 14 days in hand to hang the convict. It is said that hangman at the prison has already been trained and mock exercises are being carried out.

The last hanging at the Hindalga prison was carried out on November 9, 1983 when Hanumappa Mariyappa Mariyal of Gokak was executed. Six people were hanged in 1976 and five others in 1978. As of now, 27 criminals sentenced to death including Reddy are awaiting their turn to the gallows, the sources said.

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