Hangman got Rs 5,000: RR Patil

November 21, 2012 16:45

According to state home minister R R Patil, the hangman who executed Kasab was paid Rs 5,000 for the job. "Earlier, the hangman used to get Rs 10. Now it is Rs 5,000.

Although we had received several applications from persons expressing their willingness to do the job for free, the government felt it would be best if an authorised person does it," Patil said.

Before Kasab, the last person to be executed in Maharashtra was in 1995, Patil said.

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