News Delhi: The Indian Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea by Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru for transfer to a prison in Jammu and Kashmir,a disputed territory, from Tihar jail, an Indian daily reported.
Guru, who has been sentenced to death for plotting the December 2001 attack, had approached the apex court for its directions to the government to shift him to a prison in his home state as his family members live there and that it was difficult for them to come over to the national capital to meet him.
While issuing notice to the government, a Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha also asked Afzal’s lawyer if he would be agreeable to any other place except Jammu and Kashmir.
The lawyer appearing for Afzal told the Bench that a jail in Pathankot in Punjab would be suitable as it is nearer to Jammu and Kashmir.
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