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| Tihar puts on hold preparation for Afzal's execution | | | New Delhi, Oct 5 With Mohmmad Afzal Guru's family filing a clemency petition before the President, the Tihar jail authorities have put on hold the arrangements it was making for hanging of the Parliament attack convict on October 20.
"We have been informed that Afzal's clemency petition is under consideration. So the arrangements for the execution have been put on hold," Tihar jail sources told PTI today.
Once the date for execution of Afzal was fixed by the Supreme Court, the jail authorities had started preparations, including identifying a hangman to carry out the execution. "We have for the time being stopped the search for a hangman," the sources said.
Afzal's family on Tuesday submitted a clemency petition to President A P J Abdul Kalam's office.
Afzal's wife Tabassum, who flew in here from Srinagar yesterday along with their seven-year-old son and mother-in-law, petitioned Kalam seeking commutation of his death sentence, awarded for his role in the December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament.
The apex Court had ordered capital punishment for Afzal in the Parliament attack case and his execution was set to take place on October 20. |
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