DHAKA: Yakub Memon, convicted as “a driving spirit” for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, was hanged a little before 7:00am (local time) at Nagpur Central Prison of India, reports ndtv.

At 5:00am, the Supreme Court of India had rejected his last-minute petition to stop his hanging after an unprecedented middle-of-the-night hearing.

Yakub Memon was convicted for helping finance the serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 in which 257 people were killed.

BDST: 0947 HRS, JULY 30, 2015
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