Delhi govt backs death for Guru; says implications be examined

New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) Four years after its opinion
was sought by the Centre, the Delhi state Government has
backed death sentence for Afzal Guru but with remarks that the
implications of law and order should be closely examined while
carrying out the execution of the Indian Parliament attack
convict.
The city government sent the file on the mercy
petition of Guru to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna
after it received the 16th reminder from Union Home Ministry
recently seeking its opinion on the matter.
"We don't have any problem with the Supreme Court
verdict but the implications of the law and order situation
should be closely examined while carrying out the execution,"
a top government official said Tuesday.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said, "File age chali
gayi hei. (The file has been moved for further action)."
Top government sources said the Delhi Home Department
has sent the file to the office of the Lieutenant Governor,
who will examine it and send it back to the city government.
After it is returned by the LG office, the state Home
Department will forward the file to the Union Home Ministry.
Meanwhile, the city government, in a separate
communication to the Union Home Ministry, has replied to the
latest reminder on the matter, the sources said.
The Delhi government has been dilly-dallying the
matter for nearly four years and the capital punishment given
to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab in the Mumbai attacks
case brought the issue under fresh focus.
Guru was awarded death sentence by a Delhi court on
December 18, 2002 after being convicted of conspiracy to
attack Parliament on December 13, 2001, waging war against
the country and murder.
The death sentence was upheld by Delhi High Court on
October 29, 2003 and his appeal was rejected by the Supreme
Court two years later on August four, 2005.
A sessions court also fixed the date of his hanging on
October 20, 2006 in Tihar jail.
Following this, Afzal filed a mercy petition with
the President, who forwarded it to Union Home Ministry
for its comments.
The Union Home Ministry had sent the file to Delhi
Government's Home Department for its comments, as per the
procedure. PTI MPB
KAB


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