By TCN News
Hyderabad: “The attitude of Government of India towards Afzal Guru reflects how the state behaves with Kashmiri people. Afzal Guru became the target of Indian state because he was a Muslim and belonged to Kashmir valley,” said Lateef Mohammad Khan, General Secretary of Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC).
A statement issued by CLMC said that “Afzal Guru was an innocent person and became the victim of Indian agencies.” They also pointed out that mystery of the Parliament attack is still not solved as the identities of those who attacked the Parliament are not known.
“There is no clear evidence that he was involved in the attack on Parliament except that he was a Kashmiri and a Muslim,” argued CLMC.
Civil Liberties further argued that Judgments cannot be delivered on the basis of ‘collective conscience’ and on the basis of ‘faith of the majority community,’ referring to the Supreme Court’s judgment that “collective conscience of the society will only be satisfied if the capital punishment is awarded to the offender" while awarding death sentence to Afzal Guru.
“If at all the judgments are delivered on the basis of such things, then there is no meaning of Judiciary and the judicial procedure system will collapse completely,” commented CLMC.
CLMC also saw “political game” behind the hanging as it seems that Congress is trying to capture Hindutva votes as a similar attempt was made by Congress by opening of locks of Babri Masjid and allowing shilanyas of Ram Mandir to take place to appease Hindutva voters.
“Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee express solidarity with the family of Afzal Guru and also with the people of Kashmir, and their just demand of right self determination.’
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