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Curfew-bound Kashmir calm but tense after Guru's hanging

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February 9, 2013

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Srinagar, Feb 9: Jammu and Kashmir was tense but calm Saturday as the news of Afzal Guru's hanging in Delhi's Tihar Jail spread. Authorities clamped a curfew in all major cities and towns of the Kashmir Valley as police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in full battle gear fanned out to pre-empt protests.

Local cable operators have been told to suspend their operations immediately, sources here said.

Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh told mediapersons in Delhi that Afzal Guru had been hanged in Tihar Jail at 8 a.m. Saturday after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, state Junior Minister for Home Sajad Kichloo and J&K Director General of Police Ashok Prasad flew into Srinagar from Jammu Saturday morning to supervise the law and order situation.

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's moderate Hurriyat group announced a four-day mourning on Afzal Guru's hanging.

"We have announced four days of mourning on Afzal Guru's hanging. We demand that his body be handed over to his family immediately," Shahid-ul-Islam, secretary of the Mirwaiz, told IANS.

He said that the Mirwaiz is presently in Delhi and would be flying back to Srinagar soon.

Senior hardline separatist leader and chairman of his Hurriyat group Syed Ali Geelani is also in Delhi.

When IANS contacted Geelani's secretary Ayaz Akbar on phone, it was informed that Akbar had been arrested.

Sources close to Geelani said he had also announced a three-day mourning on Afzal Guru's hanging.

Another senior separatist leader, Muhammad Nayeem Khan, was arrested Friday in connection with an FIR against him for issuing a provocative statement in 2010.

Afzal Guru was from Doabgah (Seer) village on the outskirts of north Kashmir's apple-rich town of Sopore, 52 km from Srinagar.

He is survived by his wife Tabassum and 14-year-old son Ghalib.

Afzal Guru was arrested after the Dec 13, 2001, terror attack on parliament. He was convicted along with Shaukat Hussain, Afshan Guru (Shaukat's wife) and Delhi University teacher S.A.R. Geelani for being part of the plot.

The Supreme Court confirmed Afzal Guru's death sentence in 2004 while Shaukat Guru was released after he served his jail term.

Afshan Guru and S.A.R. Geelani were given benefit of doubt and released by the Supreme Court.

Five heavily armed terrorists had attacked parliament Dec 13, 2001, while it was in session. All the five terrorists and nine other people were killed in the attack, which had brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.

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They said the agency has undertaken the action under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in pursuance of a mutual agreement between the two nations to combat financial crimes.

The over 60 bank accounts are held by some individuals and businessmen based in the country, they said.

The probe, they said, is linked to some high profile people of Brazil.

The suspected accounts sought to be frozen by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), on behalf of the Brazilian government, are stated to be of banks in Delhi and Mumbai, they added.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31: People offered Eid-al-Adha namaz while ensuring social distancing norms at mosques in Thiruvananthapuram and Mallapuram on Friday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Thursday announced that the Eid-al-Adha prayers can be offered in mosques of the state on Friday with a limited number of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Guwahati, Jan 26: Four powerful grenade explosions--three in Dibrugarh and one in Charaideo districts--rocked Assam Sunday morning as the country celebrated Republic Day, police said.

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Another explosion rocked the oil town of Duliajan whose details are still awaited, police said.

Another explosion rocked Teok Ghat under Sonari police station of Charaideo district, they said.

Senior officials have rushed to the explosion sites and details of casualty are awaited, police added.

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