Indian SC upholds death sentence of Red Fort attack accused

The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty for Pakistani national Mohammed Ashfaq alias Arif in the 2000 Red Fort attack case.Arif had challenged the 2007 Delhi High Court verdict which had upheld the death sentence awarded by a Delhi trial court of Additional Session Judge OP Saini to Arif.Arif has been convicted for murder, waging war against the Government of India and criminal conspiracy.Two LeT militants had stormed the Red Fort on December 22, 2000 and fired indiscriminately killing three people.The attackers were gunned down by the Army personnel during the ensuing gun battle.In the jail for the last 11 years, Arif was the only one of the original accused to be given the death penalty.