In 1989, Afzal Guru, then 20, was amongst many Kashmiri youths who were attracted by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and went to be trained as a militant. However, he stayed affiliated with them for only three months and did not take part in any training or any other activities. Thereafter, he enrolled himself in Delhi University. In 1993, without ever having been a practicing militant, he voluntarily surrendered to the Border Security Force. Illogically enough, it was at this point that his nightmares began. His surrender was treated as a crime and his life became hell. From that day onwards, he was constantly harassed by the security forces. Many times he was told to spy on suspected militants. He was severely tortured on more than one occasion in order to extract information from him. The State Task Force (STF) once captured him and demanded 100, 000 Indian Rupees from him. His family had to sell everything to save him. But they still did not let go. He was kept in freezing water and petrol was poured in his anus. Electric shocks were given to his genitals. As a result Afzal was forced to leave his homeland for Delhi. He struggled hard to earn a living there. But the STF got to him again.
The trial court puts a question to Afzal about one Ghulam Muhammad, the main accused in person, and Afzal's reply was that he accompanied said Ghulam Muhammad to Delhi and stayed with him but it was under compulsion of Devinder Singh, SP Special Task Force. According to normal criminal procedure code the judge was duty bound to put several questions to Afzal regarding the identity of said Devinder Singh and his position. But under POTA the court not opt to do so and it was not found legal on its part as to why the court failed to make queries which otherwise would have unveiled a very important aspect of the case.
Under normal Criminal Procedure Code once the accused is asked to give particulars of Devinder Singh the word S.P. and that too of Special Task Force is to implicate same very person having power and influence over Afzal and so Afzal meant to say that he had no option but did such nasty thing under pressure and duress. This has caused injustice not on Afzal but has thrown deep shadow on the judicial process.
Unfair Trial and Tortured Confession
It is clear that the trial process was flawed and highly unfair. Afzal did not have a lawyer from the time he was arrested and right through the crucial phase of the trial when the real work of building up a case is done. The lawyer finally appointed for him in lower court expressed outright hatred against him and the judge was not ready to listen to Afzal%u2019s arguments. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police, which was placed in charge of investigating the case, severely tortured Afzal. He was kept naked for two days in the Special Cell and beaten mercilessly, once allegedly by the man who later appeared as the prosecution witness. Police officers urinated in his mouth saying %u201CThis is the way you can break your Roza (fast)%u201D. The Special Cell used the media to brand Afzal as guilty even before the trial. He was produced before the media and forced to %u201Cconfess%u201D. Subsequent statements by a media representative present at the event that Afzal appeared to be in a highly disturbed frame of mind were ignored by the courts. The media trial, which included a film broadcast on Zee TV, previewed and approved by the then Prime Minister, was clearly a factor in prejudicing the outcome of the trial.
The Delhi High Court acknowledged that the investigating agency fabricated evidence against the accused, yet upheld the verdict. On 5 August 2005, the Supreme Court rejected Afzal%u2019s confession on account of the procedural irregularities in obtaining it, and admitted that there was no evidence that he belonged to any terrorist group or organization. Nevertheless, it upheld the death sentence based on nothing more than inadequate circumstantial evidence. According to the Supreme Court
RE:WHO IS DEVINDER SINGH, SP SPECIAL TASK FORCE. HE SHOULD BE TESTIFIED. IT IS NATIONS INTEREST - IS IT GOVERNMENT POLICY OR DRAMA OF GOVT AGENCIES.
by Asheesh Sinha on May 04, 2007 09:47 AM Permalink
I dont know how this is related to this article... Anyway, regarding your post, to say mildly, is Bull$hit... Just saying a bollywood story doesnt change the fact that Afzal has participated in one of the bigegst crime against the country.. He should have been hanged by now, but I am sure Congress and other so called secular parties will save him from that.
I say why just stop at that. Give him padmbhooshan, Bravery Award and go on to make him the Prime-minister of India.. Make all streets named as Afazal Street (No wait, keep some streets for Abu Salem.. After all he is a muslim criminal too, who should be awarded for killings too)..
these bas#$$$D policemen are damaging the name of p o l i c e , what they are doing, is it a NZAI state or a democratic country. punish them if they fund giuly and kudos to the supreme court. dont treat every one in a particular community as terrorists. may be this "gentle" police (IPS or indian pig service) wallas get weldone my boy pats from their enuck ministers.
:) I am really proud of how we still pull back all the negative events of History to spread Hatred(the likes of Bhaskars) While an Aurengzeb is still blamed and given as an excuse enough for hatred against muslims by a few.We tend to generalise and validate any non acceptable actions if the victim is muslims. :) All the statistics and history GYAN is given and it is proved they deserve it! Why? May Almighty give us the sense to grow up mentally and help India grow TOGETHER!
Nehru, in Discovery of India, attributed this to the fact that South India underwent less period of oppressive Islamic rule when compared with North India.
When you live with rubble rousers, your behavior gets changed.
The more psuedos harp on post Godhra, the more they radicalise Hindus of India.
RE:Why North Indians are aggressive, rubble rouser when compared with South Indians?
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 10:14 AM Permalink
Wow, so now you came up with some other shi*t logic that has nothing to do with this post.
And since you are getting racist,
can you explain why Tamils has this distinguish honor of blasting a former Indian Prime-minister with suicide bombers which killed dozens more along with him?
NDTV witness has shown the horrific details about the killings of the couple and their friends. These people are not human but worse than terrorists. They killed the muslim couple and their hindu friend which is proof enough that these people have no respect for life of either community. If these people were associated with LET then how can they have a hindu friend who refused to be witness against them ? This brave man had to give his live for his friend and truth. But no Indian will honor this courage because everyone is a dead soul now. I am sorry but I feel very frustrated by the whole system now.
RE:Sick!
by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Apr 25, 2007 08:19 AM Permalink
Any death is to be mourned. But has NDTV showed how many 1000s of Kashmiri Hindus killed? Or how other state Govts including Congress's act?
That's the Job of NDTV owned by Brinda Karat's in-law Pranoy Roy. They went on hiding after Irshat Jehan figured into Lashkar-E-Taiba's own website as their cadre.
Again have raised their head after this 'fake-encounter'!
While killing of 1000s of innocent Kashmiris is treated as "Communal", this is treated as a great HR activism.
Precisely this double standard is fuelling this killing each other.
Stop following this double standard, mourn every life - everything will be all right.
RE:Sick!
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 08:27 AM Permalink
Bhaskar why are you so against Indians? Whenever and Indian is killed you are so overjoyed ? What have Indians done wrong to you? And I have seen the Kashmiri pundit issue discussed on NTDV a million times.
But inability to condemn, put to trial of terrorists, enacting laws like POTA by Psuedos is doing greatest dis-service to Indian Muslims.
Why psuedos jump the gun that Godhra was an accident! (completely ignoring that 59 women & children were burnt alive in a train compartment and LOCAL Muslims were throwing stones).
IF FEW LOCAL GODHRA MUSLIMS DID WHAT HAPPENED THERE, WOULD IT HAVE MADE 150 MILLION INDIAN MUSLIMS TERRORIST?
Obviously no.
But these psuedos deliberate GIVE SHELTER TO THOSE JIHADIS.
Its NOT in Godhra alone. Whether it was Aurangjeb's fanatical action, or SIMI or Kerala Assmebly's resolution to release Madani..................unmistable message is: WE WILL PROTECT TERRORISTS COME WHAT MAY.
RE:Sick!
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 08:39 AM Permalink
why are you talking in terms of hindus and muslims ? why do you want to divide such a beautiful country. love your country. remember country first.
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by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Apr 25, 2007 08:40 AM Permalink
>>why are you talking in terms of hindus and muslims ? why do you want to divide such a beautiful country. love your country. remember country first.
Why you/NDTV going Euphoric on this case, completely ignoring much more people who lost their lives/driven out in other places, even in Gujarat?
Its because they are Hindus.
First look at you, why you are behaving this way. Then ask me.
RE:Sick!
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 08:41 AM Permalink
Again ... I see them as 400000 1000 Indians in pain and you see them as hindus and muslims. For once be Indian. Love India. Dont divide. Unite. India is Great.
RE:Sick!
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 09:05 AM Permalink
Since you are touting so much about Kashmiri Pandit killings, can u point to some credible link which did says there was ethnic cleaning of Pandits???
Yes, as you put 1000 of Pandits died in Kashmir, but so have been many 1000 more Muslim Kashmiris died in the conflict which is going on for decades.
As for displacement of many other Pandits, ask GoI about this. It was as per Jagmohan's policy which encourage their migration to other (safer,better,stable) part of the country. So why this policy of rehabilitation was not encouraged for the Muslim Kashmiris?
RE:Sick!
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 09:32 AM Permalink
You still try to evade by surfing the whole globe.
Okay I got it that you don't have any thing tangible to back your claims.
So stop fueling misinformation that "there had been any point in time an ethnic cleaning of Pandits in Kashmir".
And you are interested to know how many Kashmirs had died so far - they dude no ones keeping that count now. Any source will give you a figure between 30000 to 60000. But which ever source you take the toll is a 5 figure number.
IF YOU ARE AN INDIAN MUSLIM, YOU ARE MAKING HUGE DISSERVICE TO YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
INDIAN MUSLIMS SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED INTO KASHMIR. iF YOU DILUTE THE SITUATION OF HINDUS IN THE VALLEY, YOUR POSITION IN REST OF INDIA BECOMES AUTOMATICALLY DILUTED.
INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OF PVN RAO GOVT, DINESH SINGH, CANDIDLY TOLD THAT: IF HINDUS ARE TO LEAVE VALLEY, SITUATION OF INDIAN MUSLIMS WILL BECOME UNTENABLE.
RE:Sick!
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 09:49 AM Permalink
So you (or any Government) wanna conduct policy matters based zero-sum outcome? Then dude let me make it clear that any such logic will only further disintegrate the Nation.
And why should Indian Muslims not speak about Kashmir matter? Do you consider Kashmir as some foreign land? And what special privilege you have that YOU can get involve in Kashmir matters?
What truth I have said that has infuriated you so much that u have to take support of Threats?
RE:Sick!
by on Apr 25, 2007 01:10 PM Permalink
There is no such injuction in the Quran anywhere. In fact the Quran asks its followers to rise against atrocities against anybody (All gods creatures - Humans included). How people understand these instructions is a different thing altogether.
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by on Apr 25, 2007 01:15 PM Permalink
There is no such thing in the Quran. Please don't put up things loosely. The Quran in fact asks its followers to fight atrocities...against anyone/anything (Humans included). You are confusing islam and muslims. How the Quranic instructions are followed is a different thing altogether.
Yeah everyone is defending the actions of his/her own community, no one has the pain that all the killed were Indians. I think there is no sense of nationality in India and it would not be surprising to see India break into very small countries unless the people of India start thinking as Indians not as Islands of communities and castes.
RE:more disturbing...
by on Apr 25, 2007 01:26 PM Permalink
Actually I think there are only two religions in the whole world..One enlightened, liberal and decent, one you can talk and reason with; and the other is the narrow minded, uneducated (in the true sense), difficult to understand. They may belong to any religion, caste or community. Till India has more of the 1st religion, we are condemned to suffer.
It is highly disturbing to see that many on this board are supporting the barbaric acts carried out in Gujarat. The whole perception seems to be screwed up. It is as if one Indian is celebrating the humiliating deaths of other Indians ? Where are you going India ? First some Indians kills some Indians then some more Indians come back and kill many more!! And elections are fought and won over the death of Indians. People raise slogans in honor of killers of Indians...Innocent Indians are called terrorists and killed in cold blood. Genocides are accepted and praised...Where are you going India ?
RE:Disturbing...
by Indi on Apr 25, 2007 07:16 AM Permalink
Yeah everyone is defending the actions of his/her own community, no one has the pain that all the killed were Indians. I think there is no sense of nationality in India and it would not be surprising to see India break into very small countries unless the people of India start thinking as Indians not as Islands of communities and castes.
RE:RE:Disturbing...
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 07:54 AM Permalink
Everytime such an encounter happens the media jumps and brands the deceased as a "Terrorist" without even taking some pains to know the fact. What follows is a social boycott and humiliation for the remaining family. The victims become the accused. What kind of a barbaric society are we living in ?
terrorists are treated with kid-glove in India. That's the reason, even someone given death sentence by 3 different Indian courts for attacking Indian parliament is NOT HANGED.
Unless one feels deeply with Jihadis, everybody is sick and tired with the pro-Jihadi UPA Govt.
RE:Disturbing...
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 08:33 AM Permalink
So you want a society that is barbaric and which doesnt follow the law? Isnt the Indian constitution sacred to you ? Is your religious book more sacred to you than the love of your country? Is your caste more supreme than the love of Indians ? Why are so against Indians ? A hindu or a muslim or a christan...a death of Indian is a death of an Indian. By friend if you are in Indian then love your Indian brothers and sisters. Dont be a traitor.
RE:Disturbing...
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 09:07 AM Permalink
Bhaskar, when muslim figures comes up, u seems to take the most pessimistic view. To put figures in place, over 3000 Muslims were killed and not "700 odd" as u put
RE:Disturbing...
by imran Ahmad on Apr 25, 2007 11:14 AM Permalink
Bhaskar:) good you are puting a good picture. The best lawyer can put a great case against truth:)I am ashamed of you, My Indian BROTHER. I am sure you are not at peace in your heart and in your life this is the reason, change it. Let the mighty push his case and win here, but if one fail to get judgement in the eyes of people, the opressor to will meet his fate here that is the promise of Almighty ( without discrimination)
RE:Disturbing...
by on Apr 25, 2007 01:30 PM Permalink
actually its better than in pakistan, where muslims kill muslims and both go to hell. Here in our country..when hindus kill muslims and vise versa...both go to their heavens!
RE:Criminals and Encounter
by eclipse on Apr 25, 2007 07:22 AM Permalink
1) One one hand you call them suicide bombers and then you say that they fear bullets. 2) If your father/son/brother is killed in a fake enounter will you still be saying the same? 3) If Fake encounters are justified then what is the difference between your "Democratic Country" and the Afghan tribes. Both dont allow the law to take its course. 4) All investigations have shown that innocents were butchered in Gujarat. Even in the Godhra carnage and its aftermath. Dont you regret the deaths of so many Indians ?
RE:Criminals and Encounter
by Hans Solo on Apr 25, 2007 09:11 AM Permalink
Bhaskar, you are stuck with POTA as if this is a cure for all ills in India. Now you even want petty criminals to be prosecuted by a law which does not allow bail? Are Indian Prison big enough to put all wallet-snatchers, eve-teasers, driving-offenders to put in Jail for time-immortal.
Some 75,000 Indians died in the hands of Islamic terrorists in last 15 years.
Mumbai have been attacked 21 times since last 2 decades by the same people.
400,000 Kashmiri Panidts, who are minority in the state, have been driven out from their homeland while the Masques blared Jihadi call.
Some 10,000,000 Bangladeshi minorities driven out, killed, raped, maimed in last 2-3 decades/
FIRST TALK ABOUT THOSE WHOSE NUMBERS ARE FAR GREATER THAN EVEN THOSE PALESTINIANS DRIVEN OUT.
ONLY THEM PEOPLE WILL SHED TEAR FOR A HARDCORE CRIMINAL WHO WAS KILLED BY POLICE WGAINST WHOM 3 STATES (Including one ruled by Congress) filed Sedition, criminal, anti-National charges.
YOU ISLAMISTS BEHAVE AS IF GREATEST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. FACT SAYS ON THE CONTRARY.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by hi on Apr 25, 2007 03:37 AM Permalink
@Zakir Peshawari, You get out of here. On what merit you have talk here, you are the source of all the problem. If I leave guys like you in good sleep w/o any reply, then, you don't know the meaning of peace. You said lot of crocodile tears below, now showing your true shape here.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by hi on Apr 25, 2007 03:43 AM Permalink
Don't ever call allah, giving bad name to that almighty, because of you guys calling allah for each & every killing, we need to first repair his name.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by hi on Apr 25, 2007 04:03 AM Permalink
I don't want to answer this by giving more trouble to your pakistani women. Let them wear what ever they wear right now. Exactly follow, in allah's period, there is no fax machines, internet, don't use them also. At least I get ride of a irriating guy from this forum telling repeatedly the same message again & again.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by hi on Apr 25, 2007 04:06 AM Permalink
Allah k arbar, Daniel Peral over. Allah k arbar, another guy over. Who get bad name?
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by hi on Apr 25, 2007 03:40 AM Permalink
@Zakir Peshawari, You bloddys don't bother to kill people like Daniel Pearl, on what merit we can expect truth from you bloodys. Try to be sincere, mind your business, be a good neighbor as you said earlier, everything will be alright if you expect goodness.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay on Apr 25, 2007 03:46 AM Permalink
@hi: don't take pain of replying this jihadi fro pakiland.
RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by suhaas kamal on Apr 25, 2007 07:12 AM Permalink
u stupid muslims never showed ur love for india, u were born traitors and will die as terrorists only, who the hell u r to comment on our gods atleast our gods doesnot tell us tht others r kafirs but in real mean ur kafir. u r the shit of devil on india's face. why every time in tis whole world u muslims only commit terror acts? do u have ne answer? no! bcoz ur so calles allaha teaches u to stab eveybody who does not believe his shit. i have many muslims friends but they r not like those sent by ur allaha, they r humanbeings like us. u have always showed ur sympathy and empathy for pakistan. dont forget u r in india if we hindus i mean all hindus rise and wake against ur stupidity of islam and jehad u people wont even get a place to hide in ur allaha's ass. so stop all tis nonsense and do prove urself as a true indian. everybody knows ur the sinner not we hindus, shiks or christians. go to hell if cant mend ur ways of living and thinking in india u moron kafir son of a demon known as allaha.
RE:RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by Surojit Chatterjee on Apr 25, 2007 05:40 AM Permalink
Hey Paki, Why take the trouble of being in India?Ask your muslim friends to leave India and go to pakistan or Indonesia.And moreover remember you and your forefathers were not muslim by birth you are converts.CONVERTS.OK?Neither you know what is Hinduism nor you know what is Islam.You are in the middle of nowhere.
RE:RE:watch the encounter of a terrorist
by Satyajit Chakraverti on Apr 25, 2007 04:26 AM Permalink
Well analysed and concluded. Though Vanzara needed to be disciplined, billion dollar question is till date who had given him all the liberty and whay is the carpet suddenly being pulled from under his feet??? Vanzara has often tended to behave as if law and order his is personal fiefdom (there was probably also an incident of misbehaviour involving his son). IT IS HIGH TIME THAT ALL LEADING IAS, IPS OFFICERS ARE RAPPED ON THE KNUCKLES TO CONFIRM TO CONFORM THAT THE CONSTITUTION/ LAWS OF THE LAND IS/ ARE SUPREME AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT/ THEM LIGHTLY.MOST OF THE TIME, THESE BLACK SHEEPS OF THE 'FAMILY' BEHAVE LIKE OVER GROWN CHILDREN. GUYS...BEHAVE OR BEHIVED OFF!
