RED FORT ATTACK: SC AFFIRMS DEATH PENALTY TO ARIF

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentence of Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohd Ashfaq Arif, convicted of attacking an army barracks at Delhi’s Red Fort in December 2000, underlining that there was a direct strike at the unity, integrity and sovereignty of India.

A bench dismissed the review petition filed by Arif noting the order of his conviction and sentence do not warrant any intervention in the wake of evidence to prove his involvement in the crime beyond any doubt.