President rejects mercy plea of Nirbhaya rape convict Vinay Sharma

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday (February 1) rejected a mercy petition filed by Vinay Sharma, one of four convicts on death row in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case. This is the second mercy plea to be rejected by President Kovind in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case.