Will Memon be hanged on July 30 or later?

July 21, 2015 15:02

The hanging date for Yakub Memon is likely to be July 30. He becomes the first 1993 blasts convict to be given the death sentence.

In the 22 years since the serial blasts, 129 people were accused and a 100 were convicted for the attack. Yakub Memon, a chartered accountant and the younger brother of Tiger Memon, is likely to be hanged on July 30 at the Nagpur jail where he is currently incarcerated.

Other members of the Memon family, including Yakub's brothers, Yusuf and Essa, and sister-in-law Rubina, were also arrested and are serving their sentences. Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim are in Pakistan.

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