26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab executed
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- National News
- Wednesday, 21 November 2012 23:44
- Published on Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:14
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Gujarat Global News Network, Pune
26/11 Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Pune’s Yerwada Jail by the Maharashtra government today morning after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy plea.
The swift action by the government has left many in the country pleasantly surprised. As per the information provided by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Kasab was hanged till death at the Yerwada Central Prison at 7.30 am. He was then buried inside the Yerwada Jail at 9.30 am. The entire proceedings were kept top secret and very few people knew about it.
After his mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee on November 5, Kasab, who has been lodged at Arthur Road prison here ever since his arrest soon after the Mumbai terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18 and 19.
At the Yerwada jail, a selected few knew of Kasab’s presence. "The jail authorities were only told that a high-profile accused is being brought to Yerwada. His identity was not revealed. Kasab was lodged in an isolated egg-shaped cell guarded by ITBP personnel," said an official.
Even the hangman was not informed about the identity of the accused till the last minute. "We had told the hangman that he is to execute the death penalty of a terrorist. The identity was revealed to him only few minutes before the execution," the official said.Â
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