Former Inspector General of Tihar Jail, Kiran Bedi on Friday said there is no point in having a full-time hangman at south-asia's largest prison as execution of convicts is a rare occurrence.
The statement comes hours after four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case were hanged by 57-year-old Pawan Jallad, a hangman from the Meerut Prison as Tihar does not have one for years now.
Asked why Tihar cannot have a hangman of its own, Bedi, who is presently the Lt Governor of Puducherry told PTI over phone: "It (execution) is a rare incident and therefore there is no point in keeping one person only for this."