The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded hanging of Afzal Guru ahead of the 11th anniversary of Parliament attack in December 2001. He has been sentenced to death for his role in the attack.
‘Every 13 December we pay tributes to the martyrs of the parliament attack. Just as victims of the Mumbai attacks were given justice by hanging Ajmal Kasab, the government should hang Afzal Guru and put a balm of the wounds of the people,’ BJP spokesperson Sayed Shahnawaz Hussain said.
Afzal Guru was sentenced to death by a trial court on 18 December, 2002. It was upheld by the Delhi High Court on 29 October, 2003. His appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court on 4 August, 2005.
His mercy petition is pending before the President. BJP has been demanding his hanging for his role in the attack. Parliament was attacked on 13 December, 2001, by five armed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. Nine people were killed and over 15 injured in the attack. Four persons – Afzal Guru, Delhi University professor SAR Geelani, Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru - were arrested in connection with the case.
His mercy petition is pending before the President. BJP has been demanding his hanging for his role in the attack. Parliament was attacked on 13 December, 2001, by five armed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. Nine people were killed and over 15 injured in the attack. Four persons – Afzal Guru, Delhi University professor SAR Geelani, Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru - were arrested in connection with the case.