Mufti writes to PM, demands return of Guru's mortal remains

People's Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today termed the execution of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru as a "negative reference point in Kashmir's painful history".
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sayeed demanded that the mortal remains of Guru, who was hanged in Tihar jail on February 9, be returned to his family for proper burial and last rites.
"I am writing this letter after an agonising fortnight that in my opinion witnessed all the efforts at rebuilding a relationship of trust between Kashmir and rest of the country almost evaporate into thin air," he said.

"The manner in which Mohammad Afzal Guru was executed in secrecy and very obvious unholy haste is another hugely negative reference point in our (Kashmir's) painful history," Sayeed said.
The PDP patriach wrote in the letter that he was deeply anxious about the possible fallout of the hanging on younger generations.