New Delhi, May 26 (KMW): Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru has approached the Delhi government seeking his transfer from the Tihar jail here to a prison in his home state of Jammu and Kashmir. After receiving the application, the Delhi government has sent it to the Jammu and Kashmir government for its opinion."We have received an application from him recently in which he sought transfer from Tihar to his home state of Jammu and Kashmir. We have sent the application to the Jammu and Kashmir government for its opinion," a senior Delhi government official told KMW today. Guru, a resident of Sopore in the Kashmir Valley, sought the transfer stating it is very difficult for his family to come to Delhi regularly to meet him. He has been lodged in Tihar jail for nearly nine years.
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