Arundhati Roy Demands Justice For Afzal

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy has joined the bandwagon of numerous leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday, demanding mercy for Mohammad Afzal, who has been sentenced to death in the Parliament attack case.

She appeared in a sit-in organised by the Society for the Protection of Detainees' and Prisoners' Rights headed by S A R Geelani, who was aquitted in the case earlier.

Roy, who said she is participating in the protest because she is against death penalty, also added, "The whole case is full of faulty evidence and fabricated stories and to hang someone for something he may not have done is not fair." She demanded a Parliamentary inquiry into the case.

Afzal's execution, which was originally scheduled for October 20, has now been deferred after his family submitted a mercy petition to President Kalam.