By Muslim Mirror Staff
New Delhi: Delhi University professor Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, who was sentenced to death by a special court but later acquitted by the Supreme Court in the 2001 Parliament attack case, died here on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, his family said.
“He passed away on Thursday evening due to cardiac arrest,” a family member confirmed.
Geelani was arrested in connection with the Parliament attack case but was acquitted for “need of evidence” by the Delhi High Court in October 2003, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court in August 2005.
Though the apex court had upheld the high court decision, it had remained “suspicious of his role”.
Geelani’s counsel, noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, had argued that the SC’s “unfortunate observations, even while acquitting him for want of evidence, were seriously affecting both his career and social life” but the court had rejected his plea.
The dead body of Geelani is being taken for burial to his home town Sopore in Kashmir’ said his family members.
May Allah reward him janntul firdous and forgive his sins. He was a noble man. His death is a big loss for our nation