Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
Written three days after rejection of mercy plea, it was dispatched by Speed
Post a day before execution
The Union government’s communication on the dismissal of
Tabassum’s mercy petition by the President and its decision to hang her husband
Mohammad Afzal Guru at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi on February 9 reached her at
Sopore only on Monday.
Afzal’s cousin Mohammad Yasin Guru confirmed to The Hindu
that Ghulam Mohammad Ganai of Doabgah village, in charge of the Sopore post
office’s local branch, visited Jageer in the forenoon and delivered the sealed
letter to Ms. Tabassum.
The February 6 letter was signed by the Superintendent of Jail
No: 3 and dispatched through Speed Post from a New Delhi post office on the
morning of February 8. It read: “The mercy petition of convict Sh Mohd. Afjal
Guru, S/o Habibillah, has been rejected by [the] Hon’ble President of India.
Hence the execution of Mohd. Afjal Guru, S/o Habibillah, has been fixed for
09/02/2013 at 8 A.M.. in Central Jail no-3. This is for your information and
further necessary action.”
Ms. Tabassum was present with her family at Jageer, 6 km from Sopore,
when the letter arrived. She received it and informed her family.
On Saturday, after Guru was hanged, Union Home Secretary R.K.
Singh told journalists in New Delhi that the family had been informed of the
execution through a letter sent by Speed Post.
But seals and signatures on the communication make it clear that
the letter was written on February 6, or three days after the mercy petition
was rejected, and dispatched only a day before the execution.
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