A London-based group campaigning to save Afzal Guru, sentenced to death for the attack on Indian Parliament, plans to seek the intervention of the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [ Images ] to get a reprieve for him.

At a meeting held at the House of Commons on Wednesday night, the group chaired by John McDonnell, Labour lawmaker, also decided to meet the Foreign Secretary David Miliband in this connection.

Amrit Wilson of South Asian Solidarity Group, who is spearheading the Save Afzal Guru campaign, said on Thursday that so far 30 lawmakers had signed an Early Day motion moved in the House of Commons urging President A P J Abdul Kalam [ Images ] to grant Afzal Guru a reprieve and call an inquiry into his conviction.

The motion was moved by McDonnell.