New Delhi/IBNS, Sept. 24 -- The Delhi High Court has rejected the petitions seeking the removal of graves of 2001 Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and Kashmiri separatist Mohammad Maqbool Bhat from the Tihar Jail premises in Delhi, media reports said.
The court said the judicial intervention would be unwarranted as there is no law that bars burial or cremation inside prison premises.
The competent authority could only decide on it, the court said.
The petition had sought the relocation of the graves to a secret location to avoid "glorification of terrorism" and prevent misuse of Tihar Jail premises, Hindustan Times reported.
The plea argued the graves have turned into a site of "radical pilgrimage".
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