Finally hard core terrorist
Yakub Memon, mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts was hanged to death today morning
at 6.43 AM after intense drama in the last few weeks.
Yakub Memon was hanged to death
Yakub
Memon was hanged to death in the Nagpur Central prison. The death sentence by Supreme
Court and rejection of Yakub's numerous mercy petitions by President Pranab
Mukherjee created lot of controversy.
Even as
his death sentence was announced, Yakub's wife aided by various social
activities, political parties like MIM,Congress,Left sent petition after
petition seeking mercy. MIM leader Asauddin Owaisi even tried to communalise
the whole issue on religious grounds.
Victims
of 1993 bomb blast which killed more than 250 people heaved sigh of relief.
They felt justice has been done after 12 long years. They also demand hanging
of Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon who plotted these attacks.
