Timeline of events since 2001 Parliament attack

AFZAL GURU HANGED

New Delhi, Feb 9: 2001 Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru was hanged today at the Tihar Jail at 8am, six days after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition. Here is a timeline of events leading to execution:* December 13, 2001: Five heavily armed gunmen More

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RSS welcomes execution of Afzal Guru

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 9: RSS today welcomed the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru though it came after some delay and insisted that all Indians should rise above their differences to oppose terrorism unitedly. "We welcome the implementation, albeit after a delay, of the Supreme Court More

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Guru's hanging according to law of land: Digvijay

New Delhi, Feb 9: Asserting that fast track courts should be set up to deal expeditiously with terror cases, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said the government took the decision to hang 2001 Parliament attack convict according to the law of the land.  Stating that the More

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'Stop killing people in the name of idea of India’

Hyderabad, Feb 9: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee has strongly condemned the execution of Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail.  “It is a matter of shame for the whole civilized world that an innocent person, on whom criminal charges were framed on doubt, was hanged without informing his family More

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Guru first to be hanged at Tihar after Indira Gandhi's killers

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 9: Muhammed Afzal Guru's hanging today was the first to have taken place in Tihar Jail here in over two decades. The last hanging in Tihar was in 1989 when the killers of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi went to the gallows. Satwant and Kehar Singh were hanged by More

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PUCL condemns Afzal's hanging

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jaipur, Feb 9: People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) today condemned the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and alleged that there were "political considerations" behind the step. "The tearing hurry with which Afzal Guru was hanged, accompanied by the flouting of all established More

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Congress playing political game to outdo Hindutva parties: Dr Zafarul-Islam

Mushawarat Condemns Guru’s Execution

New Delhi, Feb 9: Condemning the execution and terming it short-sighted and hasty, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM) Zafarul-Islam Khan said today that Afzal Guru's execution Saturday morning was legally and morally unjustified and hasty.  “Guru did not get a fair More

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Kin of Parliament staff ready to take back medals

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi/Jaipur, Feb 9: Nearly seven years after they returned the gallantry medals protesting delay in hanging of Afzal Guru, family members of Parliament watch and ward staff today said they were now ready to accept the honour. Teary eyed kin said they will personally meet President Pranab More

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