Daijiworld Media Network

New Delhi, Aug 25: One of the accused and convicted in the Nirbhaya case, Vinay Sharma, has now been shifted out of Tihar Jail by the authorities concerned after his repeated complaints of how the other inmates had brutally assaulted him time and again.

Sentenced to be on death row in the December 16 - vicious gang rape and murder case that took place on a bus in South Delhi, Vinay had approached the court seeking transfer from the jail. He had stated in his complaint that he sought the relocation due to the treatment he received regularly at the hands of the others inmates.

Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh said, that the report that had been submitted to him, stated that, "The same matter has already been decided by competent authority and Vinay Sharma has been shifted from Central Jail number five to Central Jail number three on August 21 and Akshay is presently lodged in Central Jail number two with the direction to (conduct) proper surveillance and to keep in separate cell where CCTV cameras are installed."

The report also said that, "It is pertinent to mention here that convicts Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh alongwith other co-accused were previously transferred from Central Jail number five to Central Jail number two on May 13, 2015 by the direction issued from the PHQ for their safety and security due to lack of separate cells in Central Jail number five."

Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh the prime accused in the gruesome case were awarded death penalty, which was later confirmed by Delhi High Court. The Supreme Court is yet to hear their defence arguments in the case.