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Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur jail

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IANS Nagpur

Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, convicted in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, was hanged till death at the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday morning, officials said.

He was sent to the gallows -- on his 54th birthday on Thursday -- after several of his court appeals and clemency petitions were rejected by various courts.

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First Published: Jul 30 2015 | 6:52 AM IST

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