What Are Exoplanets And How NASA Detects Life Beyond Our Solar System
Yakub Memon, The Only Man With A Death Sentence In 1993 Blast Case, To Be Hanged This Month
Yakub Memon, younger brother of the 1993 Mumbai blast prime accused Tiger Memon and a convict in the case himself, will be hanged in Nagpur jail on July 30. The decision came after multiple mercy petitions and appeals by Memon, challenging the death sentence were rejected The Supreme Court had already rejected his plea against the death penalty awarded by a special TADA court, saying there was no ground for interference. Later his mercy petition was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee who directed the Maharashtra government to decide on the date of execution in May 2014. Source: Zee News
The black day
The serial blasts which rocked the city of Mumbai in 1993, left 257 people dead and around 700 injured. The audacious attack carried out with the involvement of crime lord Dawood Ibrahim and his henchmen was one of the worst in the history of India.
Who is Yakub Memon?
Yakub Memon is a chartered accountant who owned an export firm in Mumbai and handled finances of his brother Tiger's illegal activities including silver smuggling. Later he was found guilty of handling and distributing funds for the blast and also funding the training of 15 men who were involved in the blast. The Memon family left Mumbai in the days surrounding the horrendous events. The Memon family was once called the first family of terror in India.
Yakub Memon's arrest has always been a controversial subject with varying versions. The police version shows that Yakub Memon was officially arrested at New Delhi railway station, while on the other hand Yakub Memon alleges that he was arrested at Kathmandu airport for possession of multiple visas and later handed over to Indian police who brought him to New Delhi.
