Yakub memon latest breaking news, pictures, photos and video news. The government forbade the media from reporting memon s burial, while. Sc upholds death sentence of convict yakub memon, brother of tiger memon, and commutes death sentence of 10 convicts to life term. Family of yakub memon pleads mercy on death row duration. Yakub memon s conviction was per existing laws, and is separate from the larger debate. Nobody thought about yakub s ailing mother who couldnt make it for her sons final departure, or the daughter that he left fatherless or even the wife that he left behind to spend the remainder of her life in isolation.
There is a huge debate over whether a man who surrendered and nailed the. He was hanged till death in the fansi yard under supervision of jail superintendent yogesh desai. Justice must not only be done, but must seen to be done whatever that word justice means, i have doubts. Yakub memon hanged after 22 years video dailymotion. Get all the latest news and updates on yakub memon only on. His appeals and petitions for clemency were all rejected and he was executed by hanging on 30 july. Some people also urged president pranab mukherjee to grant memon reprieve from execution. Yakub memon was finally hanged after much legal drama that lasted till 4.
Subscribe for more updates news24 english website news24 english website youtube. The courtroom was abuzz at 4 am and within a few hours the court dismissed yakub memon s last appeal. Yakub memon, the lone 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict facing gallows, was hanged to death on thursday after his last ditch attempts to get a reprieve failed early morning in the supreme court. Memon, the lone convict to be sentenced to death in the 1993 mumbai bomb blasts case, was hanged to death in the nagpur central prison on thursday. A little over 22 years after coordinated blasts rocked bombay, killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the lone convict on death row in the case yakub abdul razak memon will hang after the supreme court rejected his curative petition against death. Also explore yakub memon photos and latest news at.
Find yakub memon news headlines, photos, videos, comments, blog posts and opinion at the indian express. Yakub memon videos watch our exclusive video gallery of yakub memon. Yakub memon hanged in nagpur prison exclusive timeline. Memon, the lone 1993 mumbai serial blasts death row convict, was hanged to death on july 30, 2015 after last ditch attempts to get a pardon failed early this morning in the supreme court. Earlier in the day, she met the death row convict, who is lodged in nagpur central jail. Yakub memon to be hanged, sc rejects curative petition.
On 21 july 2015, the supreme court rejected yakub memon s curative plea against his death penalty sentence. A mumbai police wing monitoring the number recorded the conversation between the fugitive and his mother in the early hours of july 30. Yakub memon s case has tested the judiciary, executive and the society to the maximum, said kiran bedi. Over 22 years after the 1993 mumbai blasts, yakub memon, the sole convict on death row, was hanged on his 53rd birthday today after failure of lastgasp efforts by his counsels to stall the execution that led the supreme court to hear his plea in the wee hours before throwing it out.
His body was sent for an autopsy by a medical team from a nagpur government hospital, before being cleared for the last rites. Union minister nirmala sitharaman said, we welcome a debate on death penalty. Read all latest updates on and about yakub memon page 1. The blasts at 12 locations, including air india building and. She said we returned because we were living under house arrest in karachi. Over 22 years after the 1993 mumbai blasts, yakub memon, the sole convict on death row, was hanged on his 53rd birthday today. I will take revenge of yakub memons death from india india tv. Yakub memon to be hanged tomorrow, mercy plea unanimously rejected aadil ikram zaki iqbal.
India is among a minority of countries which continue to use the death penalty. Yakub memon videos latest videos of yakub memon times. In 2007 yakub memon s wife raheen centre gave her only interview to the media after he was sentenced to death. Mushtaq tiger memon, one of indias most wanted, rang up the memon household on the family landline number just oneandahalf hours before his younger brother yakub was to be hanged.
India executes yakub memon, man tied to 1993 mumbai. Read politics news, current affairs and news headlines online on yakub memon news page5 today. Yakub memon will be executed for his role in the 1993 bombay blast in which 257 people died and more than 700 were injured. Yakub memon, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on thursday. Yakub memon faces death penalty the times of india. Yakub abdul razzaq memon 30 july 1962 30 july 2015 was a terrorist who was convicted over his involvement in the 1993 bombay bombings by special terrorist and disruptive activities court on 27 july 2007. Express photo by vasant prabhu with time running out for him, yakub memon, the 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict, has again moved the supreme court for a stay on his execution. Just before his execution, yakub memon expressed his desire to talk to his daughter zubeida. Yakub memon latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic. The death sentence given to yakub memon has been criticized by a few eminent personalities, including. Yakub memon, awarded death penalty in the mumbai serial blasts case, was executed on july 27, 2003. Gopalkrishna gandhis stance on yakub memon shouldnt. Yakub memon was the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, tiger memon. Videos 1993 mumbai blasts convict yakub memon s plea for quashing of death warrant to be heard in sc on monday his petition says a death warrant was issued against him even before he could exhaust his last legal remedy a curative petition which was dismissed on july 21.
Yakub s hanging will be remembered for many reasons in the legal history of this country but what would stand out in the tussle of memories is the midnight trial of the fate of yakub memon. Yakub memons body taken for burial at bada kabristan. Bjp asks for an explanation from the congress after some party leaders air opinions against the execution of yakub memon. Bjp welcomes debate on death penalty, says yakub memon s conviction as per law.
He is guilty, but only of playing a peripheral role in the 1993 terrorist bombings. Yakub memon execution videos watch our exclusive video gallery of yakub memon execution. Yakub memon hanged videos latest videos of yakub memon. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Yakub memon, the lone 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict facing gallows, was hanged to death on thursday morning july 30 after his last ditch attempts to.
President pranab mukherjee sends the mercy petition. One of the 1993 mumbai blasts case masterminds yakub memon s death sentence has been upheld by the supreme court even as 10 others, who were used to. Also explore yakub memon execution photos and latest news at. The body of yakub memon, the chief convict in the 1993 mumbai bombings, has been taken to the graveyard for burial. Mps, former judges and others question 1993 mumbai blasts convict yakub memon s death sentence. The day of yakub memon s birth was the day that his death. At the nagpur central jail where yakub was lodged preparations. Explore yakub memons death penalty profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of yakub. Yakub memon who is infamously known for his conviction in the 1993 mumbai serial bomb blasts case is likely to be hanged at 7 am on july 30. Latest and breaking news on yakub memons death penalty. People voiced support and opposition across india on thursday after the hanging of yakub memon, an indian accountant sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 mumbai bombings.
Yakub memon was convicted for helping plan and execute the mumbai serial blasts in 1993. Yakub memon, the lone 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict facing gallows, was hanged to death on thursday morning july 30 after his last ditch attempts to get a reprieve failed early this morning. The cosy corridors of the elite judiciary were raked up midnight and court no 4 at the supreme court. Businessman moninder singh pandher and his domestic help surinder koli were given the death sentence for the killings of around 16 children as the case was classified rarest of the rare. Yakub memon returned to india with his family, and was arrested in connection with the march 12, 1993, serial blasts of mumbai. Yakub memon hanged to death at nagpur jail youtube. Yakub memon to be hanged tomorrow 29 jul, 2015, 02. The jail administration however arranged for a telephonic conversation with his daughter but he could not see her. The convicted terrorist yakub memon was buried this week, the same day as former president and scientist apj abdul kalam. Death for yakub memon, 10 others get life term video. Supreme court upholds the death warrant issued by the tada court in 2007. Yakub memon, the lone 1993 mumbai serial blasts convict facing gallows, was hanged to.
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