Indian court dismisses appeal of Mumbai bomber
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Yakub Memon鈥檚 chances of avoiding the hangman鈥檚 noose for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings dwindled yesterday after India鈥檚 Supreme Court threw out his final plea for mercy hours before he was due to be executed. Unless President Pranab Mukherjee intercedes, Memon will go to the gallows by 7am today, his 53rd birthday, for his role as the 鈥渄riving spirit鈥 in a series of bombings that killed at least 257 people.
The case has aroused controversy because police considered Memon鈥檚 brother, 鈥淭iger鈥 Memon, and mafia don Dawood Ibrahim to be the masterminds behind attacks designed to avenge the destruction of an ancient mosque by Hindu zealots in 1992. Both men remain in hiding.
While the public backs Memon鈥檚 execution, several lawmakers and retired judges have come out in his support, saying the sentence is too harsh in light of the help he gave investigators in cracking India鈥檚 deadliest bomb attack case.
Calls for reprieve grew after a website last week released a 2007 article by intelligence official B. Raman, who coordinated Memon鈥檚 arrest in 1994, and said the prosecution appeared to have failed to highlight mitigating circumstances in its eagerness to secure a death penalty. Raman has since died.
A three-judge Supreme Court panel rejected Memon鈥檚 last-minute petition, clearing the last judicial barrier to his execution, due to be held in a jail in India鈥檚 western city of Nagpur.
鈥淭he issuance of death warrant is not illegal and thereby we don鈥檛 find any merit in the convict鈥檚 petition,鈥 the panel said, dismissing Memon鈥檚 petition before a packed courtroom.
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