Home ministry recommends death penalty for Afzal Guru

Home ministry has recommended death penalty for Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru in its report submitted to the President, sources said.

The government has asked Rashtrapati Bhavan to reject Afzal Guru's mercy petition, the sources added.

Afzal was awarded the death sentence by a local court on December 18, 2002, after being convicted of conspiracy to attack Parliament on December 13, 2001.

The death sentence was upheld by Delhi high court on October 29, 2003. He had then appealed against it in the Supreme Court, which rejected it on August 4, 2005.

A sessions court had also fixed the date of his hanging on October 20, 2006, in Tihar Jail. He had, however, filed a mercy petition with the President, who forwarded it to the home ministry for its comments.

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