Rope Used For Hanging In India

Buxur jail is one of few prisons in india where manila.

Rope used for hanging in india.

The oxford english dictionary states that hanging in this sense is specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain hanging. Buxar jail provided special rope for hanging afzal guru to delhi s tihar jail on order in 2007. A rope supplied by a bihar jail was used to hang 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict yakub memon on thursday an official said the rope supplied by buxar central jail was used for. The rope supplied by buxar central jail was used for hanging yakub memon its superintendent sk choudhary said.

It is designed to take the load of a person weighing 150 kg arora said. The j 34 cotton used for making the rope is bought from cotton corporation of india bhatinda. The rope has to be 1 6 times the height of the convict and heavy enough to ensure that it can withstand the weight of the body. Earlier ganga water was used in boilers to render raw cotton s softness now j34 serves the purpose said.

The rope supplied by buxar central jail was used for. Given a series of such developments it is believed these nooses could be used for hanging the convicts of nirbhaya gang rape case in delhi. Buxar jail has been making the manila rope since 1930s when the country was under the british rule. The same rope was used to hang 26 11 terrorist ajmal kasab and parliament attack convict afzal guru.

The manila rope used for hanging afzal guru in tihar jail on saturday was bought from bihar home prisons department in 2005. As per table 2 nylon rope was the commonest type of ligature material used for hanging in 63 of the cases followed by odhni 10 2 jute rope 6 3 and dupatta and sari 5 5 each other types of ligature material used for hanging were cotton rope electric wire cable water pipe shirt lungi bed sheet and machine belt. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since medieval times. Confirming the news a senior bihar prison official said we.

Four braids of 1 800 threads each make a hanging rope which is 16 ft long. Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.