India Hangs 1993 Mumbai Bomb Plotter Yakub Memon

[Guynextdoor2]

Quiet conflicting views and story about his arrest. How they found out that he wanted to surrender and then changed his mind? Why Nepali police arrested him? and last why he was hanged at old age of 53 if these charges were proved earlier?

In India death penalty is rarely carried out. in the last 15 years, out of 100s of death sentences handed out, only 4 have actually been carried out, all in terrorist related crimes. This man finds himself in the exalted company of people like Ajmal Kasab.

 

[airmarshal]

Why always Muslims get hanged in India and that too with a lot of fanfare and chest thumping?

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

He & his family members said as much. He had told other members of his family that if he wasn't back by a certain date, that they should assume that he had surrendered to Indian authorities & should leave Pakistan & go to Dubai. Which is what they did. Subsequently all of them were given visas on their Pakistani passports to come to India.

The delay in his execution is what happens with our justice system. Very slow. Nothing particular about this case.

how many members of same family were charged in this case? It was very slow if all these evidence were gather much earlier

 

[Guynextdoor2]

how many members of same family were charged in this case? It was very slow if all these evidence were gather much earlier

The movie Black Friday is actually quite an objective look at what happened. You should check it out.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

In India death penalty is rarely carried out. in the last 15 years, out of 100s of death sentences handed out, only 4 have actually been carried out, all in terrorist related crimes. This man finds himself in the exalted company of people like Ajmal Kasab.

Well if he was criminal then all punishment are justified otherwise if there are some doubt about his direct involvement in actual crime of terrorism then death penalty at this age after long imprisonment is not justified ..he would have die after 8/9 years any way..should have delay it bit further

 

[jaunty]

I honestly don't know. Initially, Raman's credibility gave me pause and I did think that maybe this was a mistake (the execution) but the more I hear & read, it no longer seems that cut & dry. The failure of Yakub Memon & his lawyers to ever mention it, Raman's own circumspection in not coming out with this article early and not making any attempts to intervene (he was alive when the SC heard the case) makes this bit very confusing. Granted Raman has an impeccable reputation but so do many who have disagreed with Raman. Who gave the assurance (if they were given)& was it backed at the highest level (on his own, any assurance would have meant nothing) are questions that simply have not been answered & with Raman dead, probably will never be answered.

I don't think there was any formal deal with Yakub. Yakub was a smart man. He was not going to surrender without any formal assurance. But I do think that if he was not caught in Nepal through sheer coincidence he would have been able to get a deal. Of course there was no option of plea bargain at that time but any assurances given to him by the govt would have been honored.

 

[Fireurimagination]

Well if he was criminal then all punishment are justified otherwise if there are some doubt about his direct involvement in actual crime of terrorism then death penalty at this age after long imprisonment is not justified ..he would have die after 8/9 years any way..should have delay it bit further

Session Court, High Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Court (Review Petition), Supreme Court (Curative Petition), President Mercy Petition, Governor Mercy Petition, President Mercy Petition 2, Supreme Court Petition challenging the hanging all found out him to be guilty

 

[jaunty]

he would have die after 8/9 years any way

He was not 83, he was 53.

 

[Srinivas]

Seems the main perpetrators are on the loose and this guy is not the main one !

 

[Roybot]

Why always Muslims get hanged in India and that too with a lot of fanfare and chest thumping?

Didn't you guys hang several dozen terrorists very recently, all of them Muslims, and that too with much fanfare and chest thumping right here on PDF? Hypocrites!

As for only Muslims being hanged in India this should shut you up.

72 Muslims Hanged in India against 1,342 Hindus and Others -The New Indian Express

As someone said on twitter just yesterday, Terrorism has no religion, but apparently terrorists do!

 

[Bang Galore]

how many members of same family were charged in this case? It was very slow if all these evidence were gather much earlier

4 found guilty, 3 acquitted.

 

[[Bregs]]

Despite a twist in this yakoob case, there is also another angel that's properties worth 100's of crores and the tag of being a conspirator along with smart idea of turning approver and get away say after 10 yrs and control all the legal and benaami properties. It was a greed that did him in and it can't be taken that he surrendered because he turned saint, this was a well though out smart gamble from him which he lost

This might look odd that he is the first one to hang in this mumbai blast case but his crime is not ordinary it was a conspiracy which helped kill 100's innocents and scores of others injured some disabled too. This is a justice delivered though it might look controversial

 

[Windjammer]

So India claims he was a terrorist...... some send off for such a criminal.

Yakub Memon’s body being carried to the Chandanwadi burial grounds in Mumbai on Thursday.

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

So India claims he was a terrorist...... some send off for such a criminal.

Yakub Memon’s body being carried to the Chandanwadi burial grounds in Mumbai on Thursday.

LOL...Pakistanis ..

This is how it is done...even criminal is respected in his death..unlike Pakistan.. where the army refused to take back your own soldiers who died in Kargil war.... your soldiers had to be buried in Mass grave on Indian side by Indian soldiers.

 

[Shamain]

So India claims he was a terrorist...... some send off for such a criminal.

Yakub Memon’s body being carried to the Chandanwadi burial grounds in Mumbai on Thursday.

He is just another afzal guru, and also a scapegoat.

Indian judiciary hit another low today.
I would never sympathize with a terrorist but was his exact role established in it?

India will never touch dawood and bhart shah type ppl. Bollywood funding band ho jaey gee. Who will keep politicians pockets warm.
This guy had returned back so that his innocence will be established by india, he had faith in indian judiciary and he wanted to continue on living with his family and kids in india as true 'indians'.
But this is wat he was given!????