10-21-2006, 05:02 PM
<!--emo&:felx--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/flex.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='flex.gif' /><!--endemo--> No hitch in Afzal hanging
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Delhi Home Department tells Union Govt
The Delhi Government's Home Department has recommended no clemency for Parliament attack case mastermind Mohammed Afzal Guru. According to sources, in a purely legal and administrative advice, the department in its note to the Union Home Ministry has said that 'religion and political appeasement could not be a ground for clemency.'
Law and order being a non-transferred subject in case of Delhi, the Home Department doesn't come under the purview of the Delhi Cabinet. Sources in the Home Department said the note stated that clemency to Afzal could have a long-term effect on the nation's internal security. The note said that the mercy petition filed by Afzal's wife clearly indicated his links with militant organisations active in Jammu & Kashmir and he doesn't deserve clemency, as he was the mastermind behind the attack on Parliament carried out on December 13, 2001.
Sources said that the Home Department has clearly noted that all courts, including the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court had found Afzal guilty and convicted him in the case on merit, and therefore, he did not deserve any clemency.
Giving para-wise reply to the Union Home Ministry query, the Home Department also warned that the entire nation was shaken when Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)'s militants attacked Parliament. During the attack, nine security personnel and a journalist on duty attained martyrdom
Afzal, who was to be executed on Friday morning at Tihar Jail, now gets a temporary reprieve as mercy petition filed by his wife is pending before President Abdul Kalam. The President has forwarded the clemency petition to the Home Ministry and it has initiated the process of consultation and sought comments from the Delhi Government as December 13, 2001 crime had occurred in its territory.
According to Indian laws, any mercy plea filed with the President is routed to the Home Ministry and then to the Union Cabinet, which then conveys its recommendations to the President. Although the President is not bound to follow the Cabinet's recommendations, he can act on the petition only after receiving them. Lawyers say a convict facing death sentence cannot be hanged till his or her mercy petition is rejected. For any comments, queries or feedback, kindly mail us at feedback@dailypioneer.com or pioneerletters@yahoo.co.in
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Delhi Home Department tells Union Govt
The Delhi Government's Home Department has recommended no clemency for Parliament attack case mastermind Mohammed Afzal Guru. According to sources, in a purely legal and administrative advice, the department in its note to the Union Home Ministry has said that 'religion and political appeasement could not be a ground for clemency.'
Law and order being a non-transferred subject in case of Delhi, the Home Department doesn't come under the purview of the Delhi Cabinet. Sources in the Home Department said the note stated that clemency to Afzal could have a long-term effect on the nation's internal security. The note said that the mercy petition filed by Afzal's wife clearly indicated his links with militant organisations active in Jammu & Kashmir and he doesn't deserve clemency, as he was the mastermind behind the attack on Parliament carried out on December 13, 2001.
Sources said that the Home Department has clearly noted that all courts, including the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court had found Afzal guilty and convicted him in the case on merit, and therefore, he did not deserve any clemency.
Giving para-wise reply to the Union Home Ministry query, the Home Department also warned that the entire nation was shaken when Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)'s militants attacked Parliament. During the attack, nine security personnel and a journalist on duty attained martyrdom
Afzal, who was to be executed on Friday morning at Tihar Jail, now gets a temporary reprieve as mercy petition filed by his wife is pending before President Abdul Kalam. The President has forwarded the clemency petition to the Home Ministry and it has initiated the process of consultation and sought comments from the Delhi Government as December 13, 2001 crime had occurred in its territory.
According to Indian laws, any mercy plea filed with the President is routed to the Home Ministry and then to the Union Cabinet, which then conveys its recommendations to the President. Although the President is not bound to follow the Cabinet's recommendations, he can act on the petition only after receiving them. Lawyers say a convict facing death sentence cannot be hanged till his or her mercy petition is rejected. For any comments, queries or feedback, kindly mail us at feedback@dailypioneer.com or pioneerletters@yahoo.co.in