Geelani urges Centre to issue White Paper on Parliament attack case

S A R Geelani, acquitted in the December 2001 Parliament attack case, on Wednesday urged the Centre to issue a White Paper on the incident.

'While the Supreme Court upheld Mohammad Afzal's death sentence, it had also observed that he does not belong to any terrorist organisation. The Centre should therefore come out with a White Paper on the entire incident', he told reporters.

He said Afzal was denied the services of an advocate to defend himself. 'Afzal's confessional statement alone does not merit death sentence', he said.

Claiming 'serious miscarriage of justice' in the case, the lecturer-turned-activist of the Society for Protection of Detainees and Prisoners said 'Our campaign is not to rescue Afzal but to ensure justice is rendered upholding true democratic values'.

Mohammad Afzal, Shaukat Hussain Guru, Afsan Guru and Geelani were accused in the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.

While the Supreme Court upheld the verdict of Delhi High Court acquitting both Afsan Guru and Syed Geelani, it modified the death sentence on Shaukat to 10 years RI.

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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