| Names |
AFZAL GURU
(Mohammad Afzal Guru) |
| Date of
Birth |
June 30, 1969 |
| Date of
Death |
February 09, 2013 |
| Identity |
Terrorist |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- December 13, 2001: Five
terrorists entered the parliament complex and opened
indiscriminate fire, killing nine people and injuring over
15.
- December 15, 2001: Delhi
Police picked up Afzal Guru, a member of terrorist outfit
Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), from Jammu and Kashmir. S.A.R.
Geelani of Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College was
picked up for questioning and later arrested. Two others -
Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru - were also
picked up later.
- December 25, 2001: Under
immense international pressure, the Pakistan government
arrested JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar.
- December 29, 2001: Afzal
Guru sent to 10 days' police remand.
- June 04, 2002: Charges were
framed against four people - Afzal Guru, Geelani, Shaukat
Hussain Guru,= and Afsan Guru.
- December 18, 2002: Death
sentence awarded to S.A.R. Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru,
and Afzal Guru, while Afsan Guru was let off.
- October 29, 2003: Geelani
was acquitted in the case.
- August 04, 2005: The
Supreme Court of India, while confirming the death sentence
of Afzal Guru, commuted Shaukat Hussain Guru's death
sentence to 10 years rigorous imprisonment.
- September 26, 2006:
Delhi court ordered Afzal Guru to be hanged till death.
- October 03, 2006: Afzal
Guru's wife Tabasum Guru filed a mercy petition with then
president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- January 12, 2007: The
Supreme Court dismissed Afzal Guru's plea seeking review of
his death sentence, saying "there is no merit" in it.
- December 30, 2010:
Shaukat Hussain Guru released from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
- December 10, 2012: Home
Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said he would examine Afzal
Guru's file after parliament's winter session concluded on
Dec 22.
- February 03, 2013:
President Pranab Mukherjeee rejected Afzal Guru's mercy
plea.
- February 09, 2013: Afzal
Guru hanged in New Delhi's Tihar jail.
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