Oppose Modi if you want, don't be soft on Afzal Guru: BJP's Kirit Somaiya to Soni Razdan

After Bollywood actress Soni Razdan called hanging of 2001 Parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru to be a 'travesty of justice,' Maharashtra BJP leader Kirit Somaiya slammed Soni Razdan for taking a 'soft te'.

In his statement, BJP leader said, "You can oppose Prime Minister Modi if you want to, but taking a soft te on Afzal Guru is condemnable. " 

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Soni Razdan questions death penalty for Afzal Guru

After cops arrested a suspended Deputy SP Davinder Singh, Bollywood actress Soni Razdan in a controversial tweet attempted to accentuate links between Davinder Singh and Afzal Guru, who was hung for his role in terror attack. Calling it a 'travesty of justice' and seeking a new probe into matter, Razdan questioned  death penalty and hanging and claimed that he was made a 'scapegoat'. 

Afzal Guru was hung to death in February 2013 for his role in attack on Indian parliament. Deputy SP Davinder Singh, meanwhile, was arrested on January 11, 2020, allegedly while ferrying Hizbul terrorists - Naveed Babu and Altaf, from Shopian area, officials said in a media briefing. Deputy Inspector General of South Kashmir Atul Goyal was supervising operation and caught car at a police barricade at Mir Bazar in Kulgam of South Kashmir.

In a letter written in 2013, Afzal Guru, who was executed after being convicted for Parliament attack, has said "DSP Davinder Singh", n deputy superintendent of police of Special Operations Group, had asked him to "take Mohammad", a co-accused in Parliament attack case, "to Delhi, rent a flat for his stay and purchase a car for him". However, angle was probed and could t be substantiated with any evidence, officials had said.

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