Red Fort Attack: SC Issues Notice to Police on Convict Ashfaq's Curative Plea

• The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Delhi Police on a curative petition filed by Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, a convict in the 2000 Red Fort terrorist attack.
• Ashfaq, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist and Pakistani national, was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in 2011; his previous review and curative petitions were dismissed.
• The 2000 Red Fort attack by six Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists resulted in the deaths of three people: Rifleman Uma Shankar, Naik Ashok Kumar, and civilian Abdullah Thakur.
• Ashfaq and his wife Rehmana Yusuf were arrested by Delhi Police on December 26, 2000, from Jamia Nagar.
• In 2005, the trial court convicted seven accused, including Ashfaq (sentenced to death) and his wife Rehmana (seven years imprisonment).

Why It Matters: Supreme Court reopens Red Fort attack case, issuing notice on convict Ashfaq's curative petition.