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Kasab struggled as hangman placed hood on head
November 21, 2012
This morning, however, Kasab was nervous, Yerawada jail officials told rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
Kasab said his prayers
and then headed out to the gallows. He told the authorities that he had
no last wish and did not wish to contact anyone in his home country.
A hood was then placed on his head and after a bit of struggle, it was all over quickly and smoothly.
Authorities are unwilling
to divulge the name of the hangman who carried out the execution.
There are contradictory views on the same. While some maintain that it
was a constable in the jail who hanged Kasab after training for a couple
of weeks, others insist it was a person by the name Rathan from Mumbai carried out the hanging.
Police officers say that they wish to be
discreet about the hangman as this was a high profile execution and they
did not want him to come into the limelight unnecessarily.
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