Afzal Guru, convicted in the audacious attack on Parliament in 2001, was today hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi. Shortly after the execution of the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said, he was hanged at 8 AM.

Rashtrapati Bhavan spokespeman Venu Rajamony said, the mercy plea of 43-year-old Guru, who was sentenced to death in 2002 by a special court and later upheld by the Supreme Court in 2004, was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee a few days back.

The family of Guru residing in Sopore in north Kashmir was informed about the decision of the Government that his mercy petition has been rejected.

The body of Guru, who has been in the death row for over 10 years, to be buried in Tihar Jail.
Curfew is imposed in major towns of the Kashmir Valley. DIG Syed Mujtaba told our Srinagar correspondent that additional forces have also been deployed as a precautionary measure. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is in Srinagar to keep a close on the situation.