New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh who is one of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, media reports said.

The Union Home Ministry had earlier forwarded Mukesh's mercy petition to the President.All the four accused- Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta- were to be hanged at 7 am on Jan 22.However the Delhi government had informed the Delhi High Court that the hanging can't take place as Mukesh had filed a mercy plea.On Dec 16, 2012, Nirbhaya, who was a 23-year female physiotherapy intern, was gang-raped, assaulted and tortured at a private bus in Delhi when she was travelling with her friend.She was raped by six people including the driver...