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| Delhi Red Fort attacker loses death penalty appeal |
| 2011-08-11 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A Pak convicted of murder and waging war against India for an attack at New Delhi's historic Red Fort in December 2000 lost his appeal against execution in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court refused to quash the death penalty handed down to Mohammed Arif, who used the alias Ashfaq, for his role in the gun attack that killed three people at the 17th century tourist attraction. "The death sentence has been confirmed," Justice VS Sirpurkar and Justice TS Thakur said. Ashfaq and five other gunnies sneaked into the Red Fort late on December 22, 2000, and opened fire, killing a soldier, an army barber and a civilian working for the military. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "India's president has rejected mercy pleas from three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi" Those clowns showed no mercy - why should anyone else? |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-08-11 19:04 |
| #4 India's president has rejected mercy pleas from three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, paving the way for their execution, an official told AFP on Thursday. The appeal, sent to President Pratibha Patil by the men -- Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, all known by single names -- was their last hope of escaping the hangman's noose. All three belonged to Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant group, which was accused of plotting the May 21, 1991 murder of Gandhi by a female suicide bomber. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2011-08-11 16:45 |
| #3 It seems the Indian President will turn down the clemency plea of Afzal Guru as well. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2011-08-11 16:45 |
| #2 "Hang 'im high, boys" |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-08-11 14:00 |
| #1 So India and Japan, who knew? |
| Posted by: S 2011-08-11 13:13 |