India hangs Afzal Guru

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Afzal Guru, alleged in Indian Parliament House attack, was hanged to death at Tihar Central Jail on Saturday.

The hanging took place in complete secrecy at around 8am with only a very few officials and Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde knowing the operation to execute his death sentence.

His mercy plea, which had been pending since 2006, was rejected by Indian President Mukherjee late last month after getting the file from the Home Ministry on January 23.

Guru was convicted for his role in the attack on parliament in 2001.

His hanging took place as in the case of the hanging of Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab who was hanged to death in a Pune jail in November last year.

Guru was given the death sentence by the Indian Supreme Court in 2004. His hanging, scheduled for October 2006, was stayed after his wife filed a mercy petition on his behalf to the president.

Separately, Indian security forces imposed a curfew in parts of occupied Kashmir while Srinagar was sealed off by police after the execution of Guru.

Guru was arrested on Dec 12, 2001 following the terror attack on parliament that led to a near war between India and Pakistan.

A former chief minister of Kashmir once warned that executing him would lead the country to “go up in flames” because of a backlash from rebels.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. i strongly condemn the sentence of the great kashmiri afzal guru
    it is against the humanity. he was innocent not involved in the attack on Parliament
    no evidences were provided against the afzal guru.
    the sentence of afzal guru shows the black face of Indian democracy
    may ALLAH rest his soul in peace.

  2. indian goverment again
    showed their brutual face.their so called democracy stops at the gateway of kashmir.A man was hanged who was not guilty beyond responsible doubt.Trail was unfair on every basis.we will take the revenge.we willnt let your life go waste.you are alive in the heart of every kashmri.Your sacrifice give a new way to cause of our fredom struggle.In every household of kashmir a new Afzal will rise to bring down Endia

    • .
      Easy …
      Like the thing in your mind, Indian Government was only revenging a revenge …
      .
      Was that 'English' easy enough to understand?
      .

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