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Kin of Parliament attack martyrs take bravery medals back

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New Delhi: The family of eight security personnel, who died in the 2001 Parliament attack, on Saturday took back the gallantry medals which they had returned in 2006 to protest against delay in the execution of Afzal Guru. The kin of those who lost their lives in the attack received the medals from President Pranab Mukherjee. The families had decided to take back the medals after Afzal was hanged last month.

The families had returned the gallantry medals they had received in honour of the slain personnel to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 13, 2006.

Daughter of slain CRPF constable Kamlesh Kumari, Shweta Singh said,”I was here for my mother and I am grateful to the President that he rejected the mercy plea of Guru. It has honoured my mother’s martyrdom.”

Delhi Police constable late Vijender Singh’s wife, Jayawati said, “I wanted nothing else from the government other than sentencing the perpetrators of the attack. It is a huge relief that martyrdom of my husband got its due.” M S Bitta, chairman of Anti-Terrorist Front, who accompanied the families to Rashtrapati Bhavan, said he was grateful to the President for giving back the medals. Bitta also urged the President to clear all the pending death sentence cases, especially of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassins. (PTI)

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