Nirbhaya: Prez rejects mercy petition of convict
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the 4 men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, MHA officials said on Wednesday. Singh filed the mercy petition before the President a few days ago. Kovind has already rejected the clemency petition of two other accused in the case.