Terrorist Afzal Guru Hanged in Tihar Jail

Finally, the main accused in attack on Indian sovereignty - Parliament attack in 2001, Afzal Guru,was a hanged on Saturday at 8 a.m.  Supreme Court had rewarded death sentence to him in 2003, and his hanging sentence  has been pending  for several years.

Indian Parliament was attacked on 13 December, 2001.

The execution of death sentence to Guru was carried out secretively in the manner was earlier sentenced to the Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab, three months ago.


The Union Home Secretary R K Singh told media that Guru's body would not be handed over to his relatives and to be buried in Tihar Jail.