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The fateful day
Five terrorists enter the parliament complex, open indiscriminate fire. All five attackers and nine security personnel killed, 16 injured -
The Arrest
Delhi Police pick up Afzal Guru, a member of terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), from Jammu and Kashmir. S.A.R Geelani of Delhi University’s Zakir Hussain College picked up for questioning and later arrested. Two others — Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru — were picked up later. -
Pakistani action
The Pakistan government gives in to international pressure and arrests JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar. -
Remand
Afzal Guru sent to 10-day police remand. -
Further Charges
Charges are framed against four people — Afzal Guru, Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru, Afsan Guru and Geelani. -
Death Penalty Awareded
The Supreme Court awards the death sentence to SAR Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru and Afzal Guru while Afsan Guru is let off. -
The Srinagar encounter
Border Security Force (BSF) kills Jaish-e-Muhammad leader Ghazi Baba, prime accused in the 2001 attack, in an encounter in Srinagar. The ten-hour encounter also killed three more militants in the valley. -
Relief for Gilani
Geelani is acquitted in the case. -
Change of Punishment
The apex court changes Shaukat Hussain Guru's earlier dealth penalty to ten years of rigorous punishment. Afzal Guru's death peanlty was confirmed. -
Seeking mercy
A mercy petition is filed by Afzal Guru's wife, Tabasum Guru with the then president APJ Abdul Kalam. -
Mercy delayed
The mercy petition delayed Afzal Guru's execution, initially scheduled for this date, further. -
There's no merit in it
The Supreme Court dismisses Afzal Guru’s plea seeking review of his death sentence, saying “there is no merit” in it. -
Delhi joins the bandwagon
Delhi government rejects Afzal Guru’s mercy petition; endorses capital punishment awarded to him by the Supreme Court. -
Release from jail
Shaukat Hussain Guru is released from Tihar Jail. -
Sushi Kumar Shinde
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says the file on Afzal Guru to be examined after the conclusion of Parliament's Winter Session, on December 22. -
Prez Pranab
President Pranab Mukherjee receives recommendation to hang Afzal Guru. -
Mercy denied
Afzal Guru's mercy petition is rejected by the President. -
Shinde decides date
Sushil Kumar Shinde signs the recommendation and the final date for the execution - Feb 9 - is decided. -
The end
Afzal Guru is hanged in Tihar Jail at 8am (IST). In the picture, a demonstrator hangs an effigy depicting Mohammad Afzal Guru during celebrations in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
