Afzal Guru hanged
Afzal Guru, the main accused in the December 13, 2001 terror strike on the Parliament, was hanged on Feb 9 in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Television and other media reports quoted the Union Home Ministry as confirming the hanging of Guru this morning. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was quoted by a news agency as saying that Afzal Guru was hanged inside the Tihar Jail between 7.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. this morning.