Afzal Guru's kin demands body to perform Islamic rites

Hanged terror convict Afzal Guru's family has reiterated that they will continue their struggle to get his mortal remains back to Kashmir. Afzal's family said on Tuesday they would not visit his grave inside Tihar Jail. Afzal's brother Yaseen Guru said, "The family has made it clear that we want Afzal's body back so that we can perform the burial as per the Islamic rites." He was commenting on the statement of Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh that the jail authorities would shortly take a decision on allowing the family to offer funeral prayers at his grave.

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