Delhi,
Updated Feb 12, 2013 at 08:00am
PTI
New
Delhi:
Government will consider any request by the family of Afzal Guru to visit his
grave inside the Tihar jail here where he was buried after his hanging on
Saturday, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday. "If they
want to go (to the grave), it can be considered," Shinde said.
The
family of 43-year-old Afzal has expressed a desire to offer at least
"fathiah namaz" (prayer at the grave) and take his belongings.
Cornered over the government's failure to intimate the family, Shinde waved the
xerox copy of the speedpost receipt saying "two speedposts within the gap
of 10 minutes were sent on the evening of February seven."
However,
Post Master General of Jammu and Kashmir Circle John Samuel said in Srinagar
that the letter was sent from Delhi on February 8 and received in Srinagar on
February nine. According to the official website of India Post, a speed post
from national capital to any part of the country other than metropolitan cities
like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai Hyderabad and Bengaluru will take four to six
days.
The
family of Afzal Guru has expressed a desire to offer at least fathiah namaz
(prayer at the grave) and take his belongings.
Further asked as to whether it was necessary to depend on speedpost when other methods including a phone call or a telegram could have been used, Shinde did not answer this question and rather maintained that rules of jail manual were followed.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had said on Sunday that he wished that the family could have been allowed to meet Afzal before he was taken to the gallows.
Courtesy:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/request-of-afzal-gurus-family-to-visit-grave-to-be-considered-shinde/372268-3-244.html
No comments:
Post a Comment