Omar Abdullah says he met PM for return of Afzal Guru's body
Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 26, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also met him to request the return of Afzal Guru's body. He, however, said that he did not make this public as he wanted to avoid "p...
Highlights of Afzal Guru's 2008 letter
NDTV.com | Tuesday February 26, 2013
Afzal Guru letter: Afzal Guru had allegedly sent a letter to the editor of an Urdu newspaper in Kashmir in 2008 defending the Parliament attack. Below are the highlights of the letter, translated into English.
Afzal Guru letter, in 2008, allegedly justified Parliament attack
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday February 26, 2013
Afzal Guru letter: In a letter purportedly written by Afzal Guru in 2008, the Parliament attack convict had reportedly justified the 2001 terror strike and had said that he "was not ashamed" of his role. The letter, written to the editor of Urdu week...
Read Afzal Guru's last letter to his wife
NDTV.com | Sunday February 17, 2013
When Afzal Guru was informed that he would be hanged on the morning of February 9, he asked for a paper and a pen to write a letter to his wife. However, the letter was mailed two days after his execution. Twenty-six hours later, the letter reached A...
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 hanging: Three dead in clashes; Kashmir tense
Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from agencies) | Monday February 11, 2013
Two days after he was executed in Delhi, Afzal Guru's family received a letter this morning disclosing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on Parliament. Fearing a backlash in Kashmir, authorities have imposed a curfew, arrested ...
Afzal Guru's last letter was to wife, she hasn't received it
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 11, 2013
Hours before he was to be executed, Afzal Guru penned his last letter to his wife, Tihar Jail officials said on Monday. The letter, written in Urdu, was posted on Saturday but is yet to reach his wife in Kashmir.
Afzal Guru hanging: family gets letter two days after execution, rules followed, says govt
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday February 12, 2013
Two days after he was executed in Delhi, Afzal Guru's family received a letter Monday morning disclosing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on Parliament.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Afzal Guru execution: highlights
NDTV.com | Monday February 11, 2013
Two days after he was executed in Delhi, Afzal Guru's family received a letter this morning disclosing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on parliament.
Letter sent to Afzal Guru's family which reached them today
NDTV.com | Monday February 11, 2013
Two days after he was executed in Delhi, Afzal Guru's family received a letter this morning disclosing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on parliament.
Afzal Guru hanging: Curfew continues in J&K, security beefed up
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh (with PTI inputs) | Monday February 11, 2013
Afzal Guru's family in Kashmir received only today, the letter sent by the Centre last week informing them of the decision to execute the 2001 Parliament attack case convict. Guru was hanged on Saturday morning at Delhi's Tihar Jail. Jammu and Kashmi...
Afzal Guru's family to NDTV: 'We got no letter about his execution'
Nazir Masoodi | Sunday February 10, 2013
The family of Afzal Guru has countered the government's claim that they were informed about the plan to execute him beforehand, and say they learnt about the hanging at Delhi's Tihar Jail yesterday from the media.