Even PM is upset! Apologize and compensate Afzal Guru’s family

PM Dr. Manmohan Singh admitted his disapproval by admitting he too is upset that Afzal Guru’s family was not allowed to meet him before his execution. Now, the official position of Govt. of India is evident that something seriously went wrong. There are also reports of petition against the pre and post execution procedures is about to be filed in court.

Merely admitting disapproval by a government doesn’t satisfy the dissatisfaction over the issue. Our government should send an official apology to the family of Afzal Guru, family’s right to have last meeting were hampered, this is an International Human right issue. Let Afzal Guru be a criminal then too his family is innocent and post execution Afzal Guru’s body can’t be treated as criminal. Body deserves all post death human rights.

If officials of government took it lightly and mistreated the dead body by not handing it over to the family so that they can have a family funeral then instantly every involved official who violated Indian laws and Indian ethics must be suspended. What a terrorists do to innocent people, neither the government nor its official can do that, else what is the difference between a civilized government and terrorists?

By the way let me say terrorists succeed because of security failure and corruption in security system. If incompetency is the issue it could be worked upon but if there is corruption in security system then those involved are themselves terrorists and are at war with our nation, they deserve same treatment.

Government is upset by the procedure meted out thus it should instantly send an apology to his family, also compensate Afzal Guru’s family with at least INR 2500000 (25 Lakh). Because mistreating dead body by burying the dead body without permission of dead body’s executive is inhuman crime. Also, Afzal Guru’s body must be exhumed and returned to his family instantly. Our government is itself putting diplomatic pressure for one military martyr whose father received desecrated dead body of his son, what would be the difference if our Govt.’s officials do the same things that we are objecting to on International level?

Why this should be done is to show that we are a civilized nation, things somehow went wrong and since we are civilized enough to grasp the emotional hurt done to our very own citizens (a mother, a wife and a son) by our officials, we will at least apply constitutional remedy to it. I see our PM Dr. Manmohan Singh with great regards that he boldly admitted that he too was upset, thus now our govt. should not allow anyone to defame our nation and our democracy; returning of dead body, official apology and compensation is the best constitutional remedy.

It is also better for India to outlaw Capital Punishment, World is progressing against it, we have always aimed to walk with the World, and we should not look at theocracies since we are a democracy.