President Pranab Mukherjee rejects two more mercy pleas
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected 30 mercy petitions in his tenure ending on July 24, two of which he rejected recently. The first of the two cases pertained to the 2012 rape and murder of a four-year-old Indore girl by three men. The other pertained to the gang-rape and murder of a Pune-techie by a cab driver and his accomplice.