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| Indian Home Ministry puts Guru's execution on hold |
| 2006-10-04 |
| The Indian Home Ministry on Tuesday decided to put on hold the October 20 execution of a Kashmiri man who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in an attack on Indian parliament in 2001. Although Afzal Guru, a surrendered militant, has perpetually refused to file an appeal for clemency, his wife Tabassum filed a mercy petition on Tuesday at the presidential palace (Rashtarpati Bhawan). A presidential spokesman confirmed that a petition had been filed and it would be duly processed. Tabassum told reporters that her husband had not filed a mercy petition himself because he had lost confidence in the judicial system. Home Ministry sources said that a meeting of senior officials took up the issue, and decided to put Afzal's execution on hold till a final decision was made. The president refers all such petitions to the Home Ministry. The president has not done this yet, but the ministry decided to defer the execution after confirmation that a petition had been received. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I didn't know testicular atrophy ( a disease originate in either yurp' or DC) was contagious... |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2006-10-04 14:21 |