No hangman in AP Jails : Kasab hanged

Udumula Sudhakar Reddy The central jails in the State have no hangman. The hanging execution apparatus is available only at Rajhmundry central jail. Officials said that there are no pardon applications of convicts to be executed pending from the state with the President of India. However there are a few cases of those who are convicted for capital punishment including one in central jail where the appeals are pending in higher courts. Jails Additional Inspector General Mr B Sunil Kumar said ,”we do not have a hangman post. As there no cases for pending execution after the clearance of higher courts we did not have any talari. Rajahmundry jail has hanging execution apparatus. In Cherlapally we didn’t opt for that as it costs Rs 50 lakh around,” Charlapally jail superintendent Mr K L Srinivas said ,”we have one prisoner facing capital punishment. He is from Bodhan in Nizamabad in connection with a  murder case. His case is pending appeal in AP High Court,” He added ,”there are only few cases one or two in each central jail convicted for capital punishment,”