New Delhi, Dec 18: The three terrorists sentenced to death in the parliament attack case today claimed that they were "innocent" and termed the trial as a "farce".
"It is all farce.....By convicting innocent persons, you cannot suppress emotions......You cannot stop the freedom movement in Kashmir.....I am giving my life for it," convict S
A R Geelani, a suspended Delhi college lecturer, said after
special judge S N Dhingra sentenced him alongwith Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists Mohd Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru.
After pronouncement of the sentence, he said "if fighting for the liberation of Kashmir is terrorism, I am a terrorist",
even as he was dragged out of the court by the securitymen.
At the outset of proceedings, Geelani requested the court
to give him five minutes to speak to the press after
pronouncement of the sentence.
However, the judge's reply was lost in the din that
followed with some lawyers exchanging angry words with the
convicts.
Later, Afzal requested the scribes to write about their
"case" saying "you are journalists of an independent country.
You should write independently."
Bureau Report
