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Bhullar's death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
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Monday, 31 March 2014
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Pro-freedom camp expresses resentment
Srinagar: Expressing strong resentment
over the Supreme Court judgement that commuted the death sentence of 1993 Delhi
blasts convict Devenderpal Singh Bhullar to life imprisonment on the grounds of
inordinate delay in deciding his mercy petition and that he suffered from
Schizophrenia, Kashmir’s pro-freedom leadership Monday stated that
the judgement vindicates that New Delhi was in hurry to hang Guru.
“This is a clear double standard- this has exposed
India’s judicial system and the tall claims of justice and fair play. The
reality is that two yard sticks are being adopted when a Kashmir and that too a
Muslim is concerned,” said Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq.
Mirwaiz added that the earlier the death sentence of the
assassins of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was commuted into life
imprisonment and now 993 terror convict Devenderpal Singh Bhullar has been
sentenced for life imprisonment. “This can be asked that why then Afzal Guru
was hanged.”
Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Mohammad Yasin Malik told KNS over phone that the double standards have exposed
‘bias’ of Judiciary against the people of Kashmir. “Even the court judgment
stated that there was no direct involvement of Guru in parliament attack but to
satisfy the collective conscience of India, he was hanged mercilessly at
Tihar.”
The Hurriyat Conference (G) led by Syed Ali Geelani
remarked that the stand of the pro-freedom camp has been vindicated the Supreme
Court itself. “We have been saying time and again that people of Kashmir cannot
expect justice from India’s judicial system- now that has been proved and world
must know how much we are being tormented at large.” (KNS)
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