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Return mortal remains of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhat to their families: PDP leader Fayaz Mir to PM Modi

PDP leader Mohammad Fayaz Mir on Monday appealed to PM Narendra Modi to consider returning the mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat to their respective families

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PDP leader and Rajya Sabha member Mohammad Fayaz Mir on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider returning the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat to their respective families.

Mir made the appeal in a letter to the PM, saying he was sure that the alienation of Kashmiris would come down by several notches if the Centre decided to return the mortal remains of Guru and Bhat.

"How can dead bodies of two Kashmiri men, who lost their dignity in gallows, be a threat to democracy like India? Is the collective conscience of India sans the collective conscience of Kashmiris. I can with utmost responsibility say that should the Government of India decide to act upon this request, the animosity of Kashmiris and their sense of alienation can be brought down by several notches," the PDP parliamentarian wrote in the letter.

Mir said there was nothing disrespectful in seeking the return of mortal remains of Guru and Bhat as in the past killers of elected Prime Minister were spared the gallows by commuting their death sentence.

"In a country, where killers of an elected Prime Minister were granted clemency and their death sentence was commuted, I do not think it is appalling or disrespectful to seek the return of mortal remains of two Kashmiri men to their families," he said.

Afzal Guru was hanged on February 9, 2013, and buried inside Tihar Jail following his conviction in the Parliament attack case. 

Bhat, on the other hand, was also hanged and buried inside Tihar Jail on February 11, 1984, for the killing of an intelligence officer.

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