A PIL within the Delhi Excessive Court docket seeks the removing or secret relocation of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt’’s graves from Tihar Jail, arguing they threat turning into websites of extremist glorification.
A public curiosity litigation (PIL) has been filed within the Delhi Excessive Court docket demanding the removing of the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt from inside Tihar Jail premises. Each have been executed after being convicted for acts of terrorism—Bhatt in 1984 and Guru in 2013.
The petition, filed by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, argues that the continued existence of those graves inside a state-run jail is unlawful, unconstitutional, and towards public curiosity. It alleges that the graves have turned Tihar right into a “radical pilgrimage website,” the place extremist components collect to glorify convicted terrorists by portraying them as martyrs.
Plea seeks relocation of mortal stays
The petition has sought courtroom instructions for the authorities to both take away the graves solely or, if obligatory, switch the mortal stays to a secret location in accordance with the legislation. It cites previous instances equivalent to Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon, the place executed terrorists have been buried discreetly to forestall their graves from turning into websites of radicalisation.
Issues over safety and rule of legislation
The PIL claims that permitting graves throughout the jail complicated undermines nationwide safety, glorifies terrorism, and violates provisions of the Delhi Prisons Guidelines, 2018. These guidelines mandate that our bodies of executed prisoners be disposed of in a fashion that stops public dysfunction and avoids turning them into symbols of extremist ideology.
The plea additional argues that each Afzal Guru, convicted within the 2001 Parliament assault case, and Maqbool Bhatt, a JKLF founder hanged in 1984, acted beneath extremist jihadi ideology that threatened India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Allowing their graves to stay inside Tihar, the petitioners contend, dangers turning the jail right into a website of ideological propagation.
The petition urges the Excessive Court docket to direct the rapid removing and secret relocation of the graves, in keeping with established state observe, to safeguard public order and forestall misuse of jail premises for extremist glorification.