MHA to President: No mercy, hang Afzal Guru

August 10, 2011 18:15

The Home ministry says its wants President Pratibha Patil to reject Afzal Guru's mercy petition and sanction his hanging. It has sent a 10 page letter to the president today.

Guru was convicted of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on the Parliament and was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in 2004. The sentence was scheduled to be carried out on October 20, 2006. However, Guru's execution was stayed following a mercy petition filed by his wife. He remains on death row.

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