Afzal Guru Family

Sarabjit's family returns from Pakistan, accuses government of not doing enough

Edited by Surabhi Malik (With inputs from agencies) | Wednesday May 1, 2013

The family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who is comatose at a Lahore hospital, returned to India via the Wagah border today. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, his wife and two daughters were granted emergency visas to visit Pakistan on Sunday.

Want Supreme Court to spare others this torture: Afzal Guru's family

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 16, 2013

The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged in February for his role in the attack on parliament in 2001, says it will fight in the Supreme Court to ensure the manner in which his execution was handled is not repeated.

Can't give back Afzal Guru's body, his family can come pay respects, says Home Minister

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (with inputs from agencies) | Monday March 11, 2013

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's body will remain in Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he was hanged and buried last month, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said today.

In Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, debate on Afzal Guru hanging, burial

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 4, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul today allowed discussion on the issue of the return of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, even as the House witnessed disruptions over the matter.

Afzal Guru hanging, burial will be focus of Jammu and Kashmir assembly

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday March 4, 2013

The top-secret operation by the central government to hang and bury Afzal Guru is being dissected by political parties in his home state today. The fact that Guru's body has not been returned to his family nearly a month after he was executed in Delh...

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to discuss Afzal Guru hanging today

Sheikh Zaffar Iqbal | Sunday March 3, 2013

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will on Monday discuss the execution of Afzal Guru and his family's demand for return of his body. Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul has accepted the adjournment motions moved by the ruling National Conference and the opposi...

Afzal Guru's family hasn't approached us: Tihar official

Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2013

The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged two weeks ago at Tihar jail, has not yet approached the prison authorities to pray at his grave though the government has made the offer for his close relatives.

Afzal Guru's lawyers resign: Read full statement

NDTV.com | Wednesday February 13, 2013

A day after approaching the Tihar Jail authorities seeking handing over of Afzal Guru's body to his family, two lawyers ND Pancholi and Nandita Haksar representing them today withdrew as their counsel, citing "unseemly controversies" and "suspicion" ...

Nandita Haksar, ND Pancholi withdraw as counsels of Afzal Guru's family

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday February 13, 2013

Citing "unseemly controversies", ND Pancholi and Nandita Haksar on Wednesday quit as the family lawyers of Afzal Guru, the Parliament attack convict who was hanged on February 9.

Afzal Guru's hanging: PM questions Home Minister over delay in informing family

Sunil Prabhu | Thursday February 14, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has questioned Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde about why the family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged on Saturday, was not informed in advance about the execution.

Afzal Guru's family wants his body returned: Read full letter

NDTV.com | Tuesday February 12, 2013

Afzal Guru's family has rejected govt's offer to visit his grave at the Tihar Jail in Delhi, where the convict in 2001 Parliament attack case was hanged and buried on Saturday. In a letter addressed to the DG Prisons on behalf of Guru's family the la...

Afzal Guru's letter to wife is delivered in 26 hours despite curfew

Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Vikram Chowdhary; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday February 12, 2013

The express delivery - made even as Sopore and surrounding areas are under curfew - raises even more questions about why a letter informing Guru's family of his hanging reached them two days after he was executed and buried in Tihar Jail.

Afzal Guru's family rejects govt offer to visit his grave in Delhi

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday February 12, 2013

The government has said that the family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried at Delhi's Tihar Jail over the weekend, will be allowed to pray at his grave. Guru's relatives have said they're not interested in that offer.

PDP leader Mufti Muhammed Sayeed slams Centre for denying Afzal Guru a last meeting with family

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 11, 2013

After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah criticised the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the main opposition People's Democratic Party in the state called India a "banana republic".

Afzal Guru hanging: PDP leader Mufti Muhammed Sayeed urges Centre to return his body

NDTV.com | Monday February 11, 2013

People's Democratic Party leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammed Sayeed has urged the Centre to return the body of Afzal Guru to his family. In a statement issued today, he criticised the govt for denying the family of meet...