The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament
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Over a decade after gunmen attacked India's Parliament in December 2001, the identity of the attackers and of those who planned the assault remains unclear. Courts have criticised the police for ignoring legal protections, manufacturing evidence and obtaining confessions by coercion. Even so, in February 2013 one man, Afzal Guru, was executed, a step justified as a way to satisfy the public's collective sense of justice.
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This revised edition gathers pieces by lawyers, scholars, journalists and writers who have examined the record and questioned both the inquiry and the trial. The new material considers what the execution means and what it reveals about New Delhi's relationship with Kashmir.
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