President Droupadi Murmu rejected the mercy plea of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq convicted in the nearly 24-year-old Red Fort attack case, according to officials. The Supreme Court had dismissed Arif’s review petition on November 3, 2022, and upheld the death penalty awarded to him in the case. The mercy plea from the terrorist, received on May 15, was turned down on May 27, officials said, quoting the President’s secretariat order of May 29.Pakistani terrorist’s mercy petition rejected by President Murmu | What is Red Fort attack case?
President Droupadi Murmu rejected the mercy plea of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq convicted in the nearly 24-year-old Red Fort attack case, according to officials. The Supreme Court had dismissed Arif’s review petition on November 3, 2022, and upheld the death penalty awarded to him in the case. The mercy plea from the terrorist, received on May 15, was turned down on May 27, officials said, quoting the President’s secretariat order of May 29.
