President rejects the Mercy Petition of Mumbai serial blasts case convict Yakub Memon, execution is likely to happen anytime.

Anoop Koneeri

22 May 2014 8:59 AM IST

  • President rejects the Mercy Petition of Mumbai serial blasts case convict Yakub Memon, execution is likely to happen anytime.

    president Pranab Mukherjee rejected the clemency petition of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts casetoday.A series of blastin the city of Mumbai on March 12, 1993 had claimed 257 lives and left 713 injured. CBI was the prosecution agency. Yakub Memon, a chartered accountant and brother of fugitive terror mastermind Tiger Memon, was charged with...

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