No last rites for Afzal Guru

Updated On: 10 February, 2013 09:10 AM IST | | Agencies

The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar Jail yesterday, had sought permission from the Tihar jail authorities as well as the Indian home ministry to perform his last rites in accordance with the muslim religious traditions

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In a letter to jail director, General Vimla Mehra, drafted by Guru’s lawyer ND Pancholi, Guru’s wife Tabassum said the last rites of her husband should be performed in a dignified manner. “Please permit the family members to give Afzal Guru proper dignified last rites in accordance with the religious traditions”, she said

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