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India hangs 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts plotter Yakub Memon on his birthday

AKIPRESS.COM - d81b2ab7-aef1-4167-a541-a9b1896b78d5wallpaper1 Yakub Memon, the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, was executed at Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday morning, barely two hours after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch petition by senior lawyers to spare his life following a dramatic late-night hearing, reports Hindustan Times.

The lone death row convict in the case was hanged at 7am amid massive security on his 53rd birthday. He was sentenced to death for the dozen explosions that rocked India’s financial capital, killing 257 people and leaving more than 700 injured.

Yakub – brother of prime accused Tiger Memon -- was the only one of 11 people convicted over the atrocity to have his death sentence upheld on appeal with all others given life imprisonment.

“Yes, Yakub was hanged at Nagpur central jail at 7.00am sharp,” said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as high alert was sounded across the nation.

Jail administration handed over Yakub’s body to his elder brother, Suleiman and cousin, Usman Memon, around 9.30am after the family gave an undertaking that they would not hold demonstrations with the body and ensure a quiet burial in Mumbai.

After finishing all formalities, Suleiman and Usman took custody of the body and left for the Nagpur airport by 9.45am, local jail authorities confirmed. The body was taken to Mumbai for burial by a service flight.

His body reached landed in Mumbai around 12.10pm but the police banned filming or taking photographs of the body during transportation from the airport to the burial ground to avoid any breach of law and order.

Yakub's body was taken directly to Bismillah Manzil in Mahim where his brother Suleiman Memon lives.

A crowd of around 500 persons had gathered outside the building as soon as the ambulance carrying Yakub’s body arrived in the area, and the entire scene was constantly monitored by plain clothes policemen.

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