 "Yakub Memon set to be hanged as SC dismisses curative plea")
The Supreme Court today dismissed curative petition of sole death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Memon, convicted for his role in the March 1993 bomb blasts, will be hanged on July 30.
He is likely to be be hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail, where he is currently lodged, following the rejection of his mercy plea in April this year by the President, said the official who declined to be identified.
A chartered accountant, Memon, 53, has filed his second review petition before the Supreme Court which is expected to be heard July 21, but the state government is making all preparations for the hanging.
He was awarded the death sentence by a Special TADA Court in Mumbai on July 27, 2007 for his role in the blasts, including arranging finances for carrying out the 13 serial explosions which left 257 dead and over 700 injured across the city on March 12, 1993.
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