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Afzal's body not likely to be given to family
Monday February 18, 2013 11:14:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The body of Afzal Guru buried in Tihar jail premises is not likely to be
handed over to his family, officials said Monday.
"The ministry has decided not to give the body to his family and
the Jammu and Kashmir government will be informed about it soon,"
a home ministry source told IANS.
The family had demanded handing over of Afzal Guru's body after
his Feb 9 execution for the attack on the Indian parliament. The
family had written to the government requesting for the body.
Afzal Guru, 43, was hanged inside jail number 3 in Tihar and
buried near his solitary cell Feb 9 morning.
Sources said that the decision not to give his family the body has
been taken in view of the law and order condition of Jammu and
Kashmir.
The family had earlier wanted to perform his last rites inside the
jail, but they later decided against it and instead demanded that
the body be handed over to them. They have even refused to take
back his belongings which are with the jail authorities.
Speaking to IANS on phone from Sopore in the Kashmir Valley, Afzal
Guru's cousin Yasin said: "They executed someone without informing
his family members... There is no question of not giving back the
body."
He said the family was expecting "some positive response" from the
government.
Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde that Afzal Guru's family should bave been
informed before his execution.
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