Soni Razdan seeks probe on Afzal Guru’s hanging: ‘This is why the death penalty is not to be used lightly’ | Bollywood - Hindustan Times
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Soni Razdan seeks probe on Afzal Guru’s hanging: ‘This is why the death penalty is not to be used lightly’

Indo Asian News Service, Mumbai | By
Jan 21, 2020 02:55 PM IST

Soni Razdan has tweeted about Afzal Guru after arrest of DSP Davinder Singh, whom Guru had named in his letters before he was hanged in 2013.

Senior Bollywood actor Soni Razdan on Tuesday demanded a probe into why the 2001 Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru was made a “scapegoat” and hanged in 2013, despite raising questions against a senior police officer.

Soni Razdan has tweeted about Afzal Guru’s hanging.(IANS)
Soni Razdan has tweeted about Afzal Guru’s hanging.(IANS)

Razdan’s tweet said: “This is a travesty of justice. Who is going to bring back a man from the dead if he is innocent? This is why death penalty is not to be used lightly.”

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The 64-year old, who is part German and part-Kashmiri Pandit and is the mother of top Bollywood star Alia Bhatt, said this is also why “there needs to be a solid enquiry into why Afzal Guru was made the scapegoat”.

“There should also be an enquiry as to how people like Afzal are tortured and forced to carry out terrorist activities for criminals and then get the death penalty!”, said Razdan, wife of acclaimed film-maker Mahesh Bhatt.

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Her tweets came in the context of the January 11 arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh, who has been charged for allegedly accompanying three dreaded terrorists in a vehicle.

Davinder Singh had been named by Afzal Guru in a letter that he had written from Tihar Central Jail to his lawyer Sushil Kumar. Guru was hanged till death on February 9, 2013.

Afzal Guru was arrested and found guilty for the December 13, 2001, Parliament attack which left 14 dead including five terrorists.

Singh is currently being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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