Afzal Guru

Mohammad Afzal Guru (June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was a Kashmiri man who was convicted for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the Indian Supreme Court. Following the rejection of a mercy petition by the President of India, he was executed on 9 February 2013. His body was buried within the precincts of Delhi's Tihar Jail. He was a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed. Quotes about Afzal Guru Afzal Guru was held guilty of participating in the entire conspiracy. He was hanged on 9 February 2013 after a long legal procedure. Predictably, Pakistan condemned the capital punishment to Afzal Guru. However, many people started to term him as a hero within the country as well. Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. Omar Abdullah's statement is extremely objectionable and anti-India; any amount of criticism is not enough... He is speaking in favour of such terrorists. .. The Congress is with such anti-India statements. There is no difference between Abdullah and Congress... The people of India will not forgive this. Nitayanad Rai, His family soft about terrorists.': BJP hits out at Omar Abdullah over remarks on Afzal Guru's execution, Mint; New Delhi, 07 Sep 2024. The unfortunate thing was that the J&K government had nothing to do with Afzal Guru's execution... Otherwise, you would have had to do it with the permission of the state government, which I can tell you in no uncertain terms would not have been forthcoming. We wouldn't have done it. I don't believe that any purpose was served by executing him. Omar Abdullah, His family soft about terrorists.': BJP hits out at Omar Abdullah over remarks on Afzal Guru's execution, Mint; New Delhi, 07 Sep 2024. Afzal Guru was given death punishment by the law. The matter went to the Supreme Court, and even a review was done but he was found to be involved in anti-national and terrorist activities... To win the election, will you talk about breaking India? It's good that his real face has just been exposed. The people of Kashmir and BJP won't let his conspiracy to weaken India be successful. Ravi Shankar, His family soft about terrorists.': BJP hits out at Omar Abdullah over remarks on Afzal Guru's execution, Mint; New Delhi, 07 Sep 2024. Law is taking its own course. President rejected his mercy petition on 3 February and after that we started the proceedings of his execution as per jail manuals. R.K. Singh, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013.** The capital punishment awarded to Afzal Guru was part of legal and constitutional process, which ought to have taken place earlier... Supreme Court had upheld his death sentence and again in 2007 had rejected his review petition. The question of delay remains important. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013.** There is a certain degree of angst against this execution. There are people who for their own political advantages will try to take advantage and add more inconvenience to people.”* *“We have made precautionary arrangements and forces have been mobilized in certain cities and districts... Unlike the case of Maqbool Bhatt, government of Jammu and Kashmir was not required to sign death warrant of Afzal Guru as there was no case was registered against him in the state. Omar Abdullah, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013.** India has a rule of law and this decision should have been taken when Supreme Court had first upheld the death sentence. It is unfortunate that such decisions become subject to electoral politics. Gurcharan Das, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013.** It has come at a time when government is preparing for a dream budget. First the government raised prices of diesel and increased hike in rail fares. Kasab was hanged and now Afzal Guru. The government is doing whatever it could do to prepare for the elections... The other reason is that with RSS and VHP pitching for Modi, the election fight is gradually moving towards extreme nationalism. Jai Mrug, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013.** Better late than never. Narendra Modi, Parliament terror convict Afzal Guru hanged, Mint; New Delhi, 09 Feb 2013. About the death sentence. External links Category:1969 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Organizations and people designated as terrorist