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In 1983, four convicts in the sensational "Joshi- Abhyankar" killings in Pune were executed together at the Yerwada Central Jail here.

Rajendra Jakkal, Dilip Sutar, Shantaram Kanhoji Jagtap and Munawar Harun Shah were hanged on October 25, 1983.

The Joshi-Abhyankar serial killings were 10 murders committed by them between January 1976 and March 1977. Suhas Chandak, an accused in the case, had turned approver.

The murderers were commercial art students at the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya on Pune's Tilak Road. They were notorious for drinking and robbing two wheelers.

The first murder took place on January 16, 1976. The victim, Prasad Hedge, was a classmate of the murderers. His father ran a small restaurant behind their college. The killers decided to kidnap him for ransom.

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Reference:

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nirbhaya-convicts-be-hanged-look-back-four-men-executed-past-20-yrs-115790

https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/nirbhaya-last-time-4-convicts-were-hanged-in-a-day-was-in-83

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nirbhaya-last-time-4-convicts-were-hanged-in-a-day-was-in-1983/articleshow/73170952.cms?from=mdr

https://www.dtnext.in/News/TopNews/2020/01/09153058/1208532/Nirbhaya-Last-time-4-convicts-were-hanged-in-a-day-.vpf

https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19830615-death-penalty-rousing-public-debate-erupts-over-issue-of-capital-punishment-771267-2013-07-22

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