Supreme Court affirms death penalty of LeT terrorist Mohammad Arif in 2000 Red Fort attack case
The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a review petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq against the death penalty awarded to him in connection with the 2000 Red Fort attack case.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi said, “We have accepted the prayers that electronic records must be placed in consideration. His guilt is proved. We affirm the view taken by this court and reject the review petition”.
Three people, including two Army personnel, were killed in the December 22, 2000 Red Fort attack. On August 10, 2011, the Supreme Court upheld Arif’s death sentence and dismissed his appeal challenging the capital punishment awarded to him by a sessions court in 2005, which had been affirmed by the Delhi High Court. In 2014, the apex court had stayed his execution.
Arif, from Pakistan’s Abbottabad, was held to be one of the six terrorists who had sneaked into the 17th century monument and opened indiscriminate fire on the guards of the seventh battalion of Rajputana Rifles.
