I was never given an chance in designated court to tell the real story. Sep 01, 2017 congress government exercised so haste that tihar jail failed even in arranging a professional hangman to work the gallows for hanging afzal guru. Buy the hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the attack on the indian parliament book online at best prices in india on. Counsel for afzal guru said he was denied proper legal aid. Jun, 2016 reacting to the hanging of afzal guru, bihar chief minister nitish kumar said on saturday that act was inevitable, although delayed. The letter, which was used as evidence by gurus lawyers, is detailed in arundhati roys book the hanging of afzal guru and the strange case.
Afzal gurus family receives letter about his execution today. The question of reasonable doubt open the magazine. Serious aspersions have been cast on the legality of afzal gurus hanging by legal experts all over india but this issue has been mentioned just in passing and not dealt with properly. In a book released seven months after his execution, parliament attack convict mohammad afzal guru has purportedly praised taliban chief mullah mohammad omar for shattering the. Arundhati roy is the author of the novel the ministry of utmost happiness. Feb 10, 20 on 15 december it arrested the mastermind, professor sar geelani, in delhi, and showkat guru and his cousin afzal guru in srinagar, kashmir. Afzal guru birth chart, afzal guru kundli and afzal guru horoscope by based date of birth, time of birth and place of birth of afzal guru. A rare interview of afzal guru in tihar jail and i was. The hanging of afzal guru is a stain on indias democracy. This book, ostensibly written by afzal guru while in tihar jail, was published by jaishemohammed. Jan 17, 2020 the letter which guru gave to his lawyer sushil kumar from tihar jail was used as a piece of evidence in the supreme court and the letter is detailed in arundhati roys book the hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the attack on indian parliament. On october 21, 2004 the kashmir times carried afzals wifes appeal.
The hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the attack on the indian parliament book. The guilt of afzal guru was not as evident as the state would have you think. Afzal gurus book appears seven months after his execution. Afzal and shaukat hussain guru are related, being cousins. It is even possible that these qualities are too highly developed in afzal guru and it may be that while attending to minute details, afzal guru lose some of the larger opportunities of life. Afzal had always denied plotting the attack, which left 14 dead, including five militants. Indian journalist sunetra choudhurys book on prison tales of indias. A meeting inside jail with afzal guru kashmirwatch. Congress government exercised so haste that tihar jail failed even in arranging a professional hangman to work the gallows for hanging afzal guru. Five years after afzal gurus hanging in new delhis tihar jail, kashmir narrator gathers previously unpublished details about his life and events leading to his execution. While afzal continued talking about his wife and son, i could not help but recollect what tabassum told me when i met her outside the supreme court in 2005, during the cases appeal stage. On october 21, 2004 the kashmir times carried afzals wife s appeal. Buy the hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the.
Scripting a biography of kashmir through the life stories. Five years after afzal gurus hanging in new delhis tihar jail, kashmir narrator gathers previously unpublished details about his life and events leading to his execution by bilal handoo. Five gunmen sneaked into the parliament in a car with home ministry and parliament labels. In a top secret operation saturday morning, the 2001 parliament attack case convict mohammed afzal guru was hanged and buried inside the tihar jail complex. On 15 december it arrested the mastermind, professor sar geelani, in delhi, and showkat guru and his cousin afzal guru in srinagar, kashmir. Afzal gurus wife, son recall his memories i love kashmir.
Afzal guru is very tidy by nature, afzal guru love order and are methodical. Afzal gurus hanging has created a dangerously radioactive. Let us first revive what exactly we know about afzal guru the master mind of attack on the parliament of worlds greatest democracy on th december 2001. 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. This book traces the tortured history of kashmiri nationalism, primarily through the lives of two men.
What afzal guru wrote about davinder singh and parliament attack. A file photo of afzal gurus wife, mother, and son in new delhi. Just before breakfast, afzal guru, prime accused in the 2001. Mar 17, 2020 this book traces the tortured history of kashmiri nationalism, primarily through the lives of two men. Jethmalani married his first wife, durga, in a traditional indian arranged marriage, around the age of 18. Death row convict afzal guru was sentenced to death in september 2006. By durdana bhat three days before the indian state would satisfy its collective conscience by hanging mohammad afzal guru inside tihar jail, his wife gets a call from an unknown number. Jan 17, 2020 tihar jail official sunil gupta breaks down while discussing hanging of afzal guru. At the dawn of 9 february 20, as he was escorted out of his cell in the highrisk ward of tihars jail 3, mohammad afzal guru knew the day had come.
They lived in a house in mukherjee nagar, and ran a trading business, shipping fruit and vegetables between kashmir and delhi. Afzal guru hanged in secrecy, buried in tihar jail the hindu. This excerpt is from kobad ghandys account, who afzal became friends with in jail. At the centre of alleged link between afzal guru and davinder singh. While reading, i had a thought that this book had some ingredients to get banned. The tragic story of afzal khans 63 wives madhu ki diary. Afzal gurus son is angry with indian govt over killing his father and shares his hate ideology regarding kashmir.
When the jawaharlal nehru university jnu campus became the setting for a nationalism debate in. Parliament attack convict afzal gurus son galib guru today passed the higher secondary school examination conducted by jammu and kashmir board of school education, with a distinction. Afzal guru lies peacefully with kashmiri militant maqbool butt buried in tihar prison. When afzal guru was hanged, i broke down and cried says then. Afzal guru s account in black warrant is one of the nine accounts in the book detailing the last hours, including maqbool butt, hanged in the case of the killing of an indian envoy ravindra mahatre and satwant singh and kehar singh in the indira gandhi case. Following the rejection of a mercy petition by the president of india, he was executed on 9 february 20. Pw491 was the pointing out memo prepared at the shop which bore his signature at pointa.
Afzal gurus controversial writing released as book in. Afzal gurus family demands body back m saleem pandit and vishwa mohan feb 20, 0248 hrs ist afzal gurus family has turned down the centres offer to let his wife, son and a few other. Sold ornaments to pay one lakh rupees to davinder singh. Bijapur, the famous capital of the medieval adil shah dynasty 1489 to 1686, is a small city in souther indian state of karnataka, whose charm lies largely in the remarkable architectural legacy of those days. Afzal gurus wife s letter which clearly states that he was tortured before and after his arrest, no official of his torture is available for obvious reasons. In occupied kashmir, on the fourth martyrdom anniversary of afzal guru, a ritual of remembrance was observed in his home in sopore where gurus wife tabassum and son ghalib live. In 1947, just before partition, he married his second wife, ratna shahani, a lawyer by profession. The authorities intimated the family through speed post and registered post, the home secretary told the press, the. And we never recorded his arrest in the books anywhere.
The last 12 hours of afzal guru india tvs documentary. But the two recounted many stories of sikh bravery in their history much of which was not known to me. Feb 11, 20 three days after he was executed in delhi, afzal guru s family received a letter this morning informing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on parliament. Subsequently, they arrested afsan guru, showkats wife. Afzal guru was executed in 20 for his role in the 2001 parliament attack. It contains 2 short chapters attributed to guru that talk about jihad, the situation in kashmir, messages to the youth and other ideological issues. Galib secured 88 per cent in the examination, the results for which were announced today.
Jun 15, 2016 in a top secret operation saturday morning, the 2001 parliament attack case convict mohammed afzal guru was hanged and buried inside the tihar jail complex. Read here the five reasons why afzal guru is seen as a martyr in kashmir. Although the verdict for execution was through, his wife tabasum guru filed a mercy. Tv journalist sunetra choudhurys book on prison tales of indias famous persons offers the first credible account of gurus last three years in. Afzal gurus mortal remains must reach his family by dr.
Butt is the other kashmiri who was hanged in tihar, in 1984. Afzal guru admitted that he went to pakistan for three months arms training but surrendered soon after his return. When afzal guru was hanged, for the first time i broke down. Sunetra choudhurys new book is on indias famous prisoners. Mohammad afzal guru 30 june 1969 9 february 20 was a kashmiri separatist, who was. Relevantly, in early 2000s, mohammad afzal guru a surrendered. Political activist and a close kashmir watchdog kanwar pal singh revisits the hanging through the eyes of. Afzal guru, his cousin shaukat hussain guru, shaukats wife afsan guru and sar geelani, a teacher of arabic at delhi university.
While the anniversary of afzal gurus hanging is on february 9, jammu kashmir liberation front founder maqbool bhat was hanged in tihar jail on february 11, 1984. Three days after he was executed in delhi, afzal gurus family received a letter this morning informing that he was to be hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on parliament. Nandita haksar, noted human rights lawyer and author, in her book the many faces of kashmiri nationalism, gives a detailed account of how afzal guru was treated inside the notorious torture centres. The boy who came all the way from kashmir to delhi to join a medical college with a. In a book released seven months after his execution, parliament attack convict mohammad afzal guru has purportedly praised taliban chief mullah mohammad omar for. A moments silence afzal as a young, enthusiastic, intelligent, idealistic young man, afzal a kashmiri influenced like many thousands in the kashmir valley in the political climate of early 1990s, who was a jklf member and crossed over to the other side of kashmir, but in a matter of weeks got disillusioned and came back and tried to live a. It was early dawn and tabassum guru was still feeling sleepy. Afzal guru birth chart afzal guru kundli horoscope by. In early 2000s, parliament attack convict afzal guru wrote to his lawyer making. Feb 10, 20 within days, the special cell of the delhi police, with the help of leads relating to the car used and cellphone records, arrested four persons mohammad afzal guru, a former jklf militant who had surrendered in 1994, his cousin shaukat husain guru, shaukats wife afsan guru navjot sandhu before marriage and s a r gilani, a lecturer of. The former home secretary asserted that the afzal guru case was handled very well by the previous upa government, adding, if chidambaram had any doubt he should have written in the file. Afzal gurus controversial writing released as book in srinagar. Feb 22, 20 while afzal continued talking about his wife and son, i could not help but recollect what tabassum told me when i met her outside the supreme court in 2005, during the cases appeal stage. Astrosage yearbook is a channel to fulfill your dreams and destiny.
Explore afzal guru s son profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of afzal guru s son. Jan 15, 2020 now afzal gurus wife claimed that she sold ornaments to give rs one lakh to deputy superintendent of police davinder singh. Revisiting the hanging of afzal guru dialogue times. Sampat prakash, a kashmiri pandit and communist trade union leader who became active in politics during the cold war years, and mohammad afzal guru, a kashmiri muslim who became politically active at the beginning of the kashmir insurgency. Subsequently, it arrested afsan guru, showkats wife. It was almost as if books were his parallel universe, she says with glimmer in her. The book is titled black warrant because that is the document, with black linings across the. This country has killed an innocent person to satisfy collective conscience of a bloodthirsty moral bankrupt. When afzal guru was hanged, for the first time i broke.
The coaccused in the case, sar geelani and afsan guru wife of shaukat husain, were acquitted. When afzal guru was hanged, i broke down and cried says. Why afzal guru insisted his wife to visit tihar on raksha. Afshan was already under arrest and her interrogators asked her to seek details about her husbands showkat whereabouts.
Afzal guru was a kashmiri and, like many kashmiris, he believed in the idea of aazadi freedom. Bill book of purchase of the sim card from sanjay jain was seized by the police vide seizure memo ex. The book the hanging of afzal guru, with a note of introduction by arundhati roy, carries the articles, interviews, opinions, and essays of lawyers, journalists, academicians, and social activists. Full text of sc judgement on afzal guru daily bhaskar. Tv journalist sunetra choudhurys book on prison tales of indias famous persons offers the first credible account of. Rk singh takes a dig at chidambaram on afzal guru remark. And his dubious execution may not be the last such case those who welcome afzal gurus hanging point to the fact that indias apex court did hold him guilty of murder and waging war against the state. Five years after afzal gurus hanging in new delhis tihar jail, kashmir narrator gathers previously unpublished details about his life and events leading to his execution by bilal handoo at the dawn of 9 february 20, as he was escorted out of his cell in the highrisk ward of tihars jail 3, mohammad afzal guru knew. In the past five years, during his martyrdom anniversary, a complete shutdown was observed in the indian occupied kashmir and protest demonstrations were held to demand. Sep 18, 20 the nf has made guru s diary entries into a 94page book in urdu and published it under the name ahle imaan ke naam shaheed mohammad afzal guru ka aakhri paigam. Afzal guru had moved to delhi, along with his wife, afshan guru, because of harrassment at the hands of the security forces in kashmir. His family includes both of his wives and four children three by durga rani, shobha, mahesh and one by ratna janak. Feb, 20 of the 12 people allegedly involved in the conspiracy to attack parliament that day, only four were arrested. The bjp leader also disapproved of the february 9 event in the jawaharlal nehru university jnu, which has blown into a major controversy.
What supreme court said when it upheld death for afzal guru. Jan 16, 2020 just before breakfast, afzal guru, prime accused in the 2001 parliament attack was secretly hanged, and his body was interred in tihar jail. He argued that counsel appointed by the court as amicus curiae was thrust on him against his will, that the first amicus made concessions without his knowledge, and the counsel who conducted the trial did not diligently crossexamine the witnesses. Chidambaram defended holding a different opinion on parliament attack convict afzal gurus execution, gurus wife tabasum guru on friday. Just before breakfast, afzal guru, prime accused in the 2001 parliament attack was secretly hanged, and his body was interred in tihar jail.
But the moment she answered the call, her sleep ended. While afzals family members remained in kashmir, tabassum dared to come to delhi with her son, ghalib, to organise defence for afzal. Afzal gurus account in black warrant is one of the nine accounts in the book detailing the last hours, including maqbool butt, hanged in the case of the killing of an indian envoy ravindra mahatre and satwant singh and kehar singh in the indira gandhi case. Seven years ago, when kashmiri national afzal guru was surreptitiously hanged in the closed environs of the tihar prison in delhi, he was calm, cool, collected and godfearing while the jailer who saw through his hanging sunil gupta, broke down and cried when he reached his home. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the indian supreme court. Afzal gurus martyrdom keeps the kashmirs struggle alive by sajjad shaukat jr2ss23 every year, the martyrdom anniversary of muhammad afzal guru is being celebrated on the 9th of february to pay homage to him, as india secretly hanged him and buried inside the tihar jail complex on february 9, 20. On february 3, 20, then president pranab mukherjee rejected the mercy petition. Mohammad afzal guru 30 june 1969 9 february 20 was a kashmiri separatist, who was convicted for his role in the 2001 indian parliament attack. For eg he claims that the accused of nirbhaya case didnt commit suicide but was murdered.
The nf has made gurus diary entries into a 94page book in urdu and published it under the name ahle imaan ke naam shaheed mohammad afzal guru ka aakhri paigam. The shootout led to the death of a dozen policemen and a. Afzal gurus wifes letter which clearly states that he was tortured before and after his arrest, no official of his torture is available for obvious reasons. On th of december 2001, few terrorists had carried out an attack on indian parliament, new delhi. A person who had a deep affection for his mother, his school teacher wife and only son. Indian journalist sunetra choudhurys book on prison tales of indias famous persons offers the first credible account of afzal gurus last three years in tihar and his walk to the gallows. This book, ostensibly written by afzal guru while in tihar jail, was published by jaishemohammed ten months after his hanging.
But they continue reading the question of reasonable doubt. Afzal guru hanged news stories, latest news headlines on. The hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the. The cogniastro career counselling report is the most comprehensive. After afzal gurus arrest soon after the parliament attack, his wife, tabassum, had applied for clemency. He became a surrendered militant, knowing well the stigma he would face for. Black warrant goodreads meet your next favorite book. Afzal gurus wife and family members have been persistently making a strong plea for the mortal remains of afzal guru to be returned. India woke up to a morning without afzal guru at 8 a. Hours before his arrest, afzal telephoned me and showkat phoned his wife afshan. The government executed mohammed afzal guru on saturday over his role in a deadly attack on parliament in 2001 after his final mercy plea was. Mar 05, 20 within 48 hours of the attack, afzal guru was arrested alongside university lecturer, sayeed abdul rahman geelani, his cousin, shaukat guru and shaukats wife afzan guru for alleged involvement in the conspiracy of the attacks. Afzal gurus martyrdom keeps the kashmirs struggle alive. Afzal guru was convicted in 2001 parliament attack case and awarded death sentence.
I am the wife of mohammad afzal, the man accused of conspiring to attack the indian parliament on december, 2001. Feb 11, 20 while afzal continued talking about his wife and son, i could not help but recollect what tabassum told me when i met her outside the supreme court in 2005, during the cases appeal stage. Parimpur mandi in srinagar, showkat had told his wife. Gupta, who served in tihar in various capacities, including spokesperson and legal adviser, saw eight hangings at close up, from the child murderers billa ranga to indira gandhis assassin satwant singh to the parliament attack convict afzal guru. Afzal and shaukat were convicted while afsan and geelani were acquitted. The indian state has stubbornly refused to pay heed to this. The hanging of afzal guru and the strange case of the attack. It was reproduced in the asian age on novemeber 4, 2004.
This excerpt features kobad gandhys view of afzal guru, who was. Afzal has been condemned to death by the sessions court judge, s n dhingra and his death sentence has been confirmed by the honble high court of delhi. Now afzal gurus wife claimed that she sold ornaments to give rs one lakh to deputy superintendent of police davinder singh. Afzal guru is a very practical person and equally capable. From the cold war to the present day, narrates two life stories of sampat prakash, a communist pandit, and afzal guru, a surrendered militant.
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