Yakub Memon, Convicted for 1993 Blasts in Mumbai, Hanged in Nagpur Jail


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30 July 2015: Yakub Memon, convicted as "a driving spirit" for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, was hanged a little before 7 am at Nagpur Central Prison. At 5 am, the Supreme Court had rejected his last-minute petition to stop his hanging after an unprecedented middle-of-the-night hearing.

 

Nagpur’s central jail was ready with a rope and hangman for Yakub Memon as the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict explored all legal options to escape the noose, authorities said on Wednesday.

 

A constable who executed 26/11 Mumbai attacks terrorist Ajmal Kasab at Pune’s Yerawada jail in 2012 was the hangman for Memon while the rope had been sourced from outside, jail officials revealed.

 

Memon was hanged on Thursday, his 53rd birthday, after he was sentenced to death for the dozen explosions that ripped through India’s financial capital, killing 257 people at separate landmarks and leaving more than 700 injured.

 

Mock hangings were conducted by the constable, assisted by two others, over the past one week following the jail manual.

 

 

“This arrangement was made as nowadays it is very difficult to find an official hangman,” said a jail official, who did not wish to be named.

 

According to authorities, Memon was executed before 7 am on Thursday and his body would be handed over to his relatives for burial if they gave an undertaking that they would not use the remains for protests or demonstrations of any kind.

 

Prohibitory orders were issued in the area and the prison turned into a virtual fortress with policemen brandishing AK-47 guns, quick response teams, anti-landmine vehicles and paramilitary forces deployed in the vicinity. Media personnel who had gathered to cover the event were virtually driven away.

 

Memon’s brother Suleiman and his lawyers met jail authorities and spent around three hours to complete last-minute formalities. The convict’s wife, Raheen, was expected to reach on Thursday morning.

 

The convict was hanged a few metres away from his high-security cell at the execution yard, which was refurbished by the PWD. The state government spent an estimated Rs 22 lakh on the whole process, including security arrangements.

 

Additional director general of police (prisons) Meera Borwankar had flown to Nagpur from Pune to review the situation at the jail and  satyed back to monitor the execution. 

 

The previous execution at Nagpur jail was carried out in 1984, when two brothers from Amravati were hanged for murder.

 

 

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Comments on this Article
vlobo, Moodubellle Sat, August-1-2015, 12:10
He should not be given death penalty, if he surrender on his own, and cooperated with the CBI in the case. Later no criminal will ever surrender and repent..common, he should be given life imprisonment.!!!
Arthur Ronald D souza, Belman/Abu Dhabi Thu, July-30-2015, 10:11
Any person who attending his funeral can be consider as traitor except his immediate family
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