The Impact of Afjal Guru's

The Impact of Afjal Guru's Case on India's Democracy

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Guru born in Du Aabha village near Sopore town in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir in 1969 to the family of Habibullah.Habibullah ran a timber and transport business, and died when Guru was a child. 

Guru completed his schooling from Government School, Sopore and passed the matriculation exam in 1986. He subsequently enrolled in the Jhelum valley medical college. He had completed the first year of his MBBS course and was preparing for competitive exams when he began to participate in other activities.

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The wife of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru says she had suspected her husband's involvement. It’s a rainy, late winter morning and the roads to north Kashmir’s Baramulla district are glistening wet. The barren apple trees that line up along the road patiently wait for yet another summer. 

A small cluster of houses stand hidden behind Gulmarg Park, Azad Gunj. The last house, a quaint brick house, stands alone, overlooking a meadow. A quiet stream flows along the side and a metal bunker with security forces inside keep a constant watch on Afzal Guru’s house.Mohammad Afzal Guru and three others – SAR Geelani, Showkat Hussain Guru and Afshan Guru (Hussain’s wife) – were arrested for being the masterminds behind the December 2001 attack on Parliament. Subsequently, the High Court acquitted the other three, while Afzal was handed three life sentences.

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There, he ran a commission agency in fruits.  It was during this business venture that he came into contact with Tariq, a man from Anantnag, who motivated him to join Jihad for the liberation of Kashmir. He crossed the Line of Control and proceeded to Muzaffarabad, Pakistan administered Kashmir.

There, he became a member of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and then returned to Sopore shortly afterward to lead 300 rebels, He did odd jobs and completed his graduation from Delhi University in the year 1993–94.

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Mohammad Mohammad afzal Guru (June 1969 – 9 February 2013) was a Kashmir separatist, who was convicted for his role in the 2001.

Indian Parliament attack. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the Indian Supreme Court. Following the rejection of a mercy petition by the President of India,

He was executed on 9 February 2013. His body was buried within the precincts of Delhi's Thar Jail. Amnesty International has questioned his sentence stating that he did not receive adequate legal representation and that his execution was carried out in secrecy.

Guru's wife, Tabasco, had sought to claim his body which was buried in the Thar Jail. However the Central government is likely to reject the request citing the Jail manual.

The Delhi Jail manual states that the body may not be transferred to family/friends if there are grounds for supposing that the prisoner's funeral will be an occasion for a demonstration.

Initially more nationalist, his separatism would become Islamist over the years, the seclusion in prison making him more devout as well a voracious reader of books on religion, philosophy, and comparative religion Afzal Guru.

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