Government today ruled out handing over of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family in Kashmir.
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said here that “the body has been buried according the jail manual and there was no way it could be handed over”.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Afzal’s family and other major political groups have demanded returning of the body of Guru who was executed on February 9.
–Agencies