Omar informed on Friday evening

Sat, 09 February 2013

11:42

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde informed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah at 8 pm on Friday that Afzal Guru would be hanged in Tihar jail on Saturday morning since the President had rejected his mercy petition. Meanwhile, Rahul Pandita, the author of a well-received recent book on Kashmiri Pandits, says the police were on the streets of Srinagar as early as 2 am on Saturday.

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