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Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru shows no fear of death

New Delhi, Dec 10: For 11 years he has been incarcerated in a 16x12 foot high-security cell in the Tihar Jail here. But Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted for masterminding the attack on India's parliament in

India TV News Desk Published : Dec 10, 2012 17:10 IST, Updated : Dec 10, 2012 17:15 IST


"He spends his time doing routine work like the other inmates," Gupta said.



On Dec 13, 2001, five Pakistani terrorists attacked the Indian parliament, but were killed by the security forces. Three other men, including Afzal Guru, accused of masterminding the entire plot, were absconding.

On Dec 14 and 15, the investigating agencies, together with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, captured four people under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) that was then in force. They were Afsal Guru; S.A.R. Geelani, a Delhi University professor; Navjot, also known as Afsan; and her husband, Shaukat Hussain Guru.

Geelani and Afsan were let off and Shaukat Hussain Guru's death sentence was reduced to 10 years' imprisonment and he is now out of jail.

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