Nikam hails Yakub sentence

Upholding death penalty for Yakub Memon would send a strong message to absconding accused in Pakistan that they would also be brought to book

Ujjwal Nikam, special public prosecutor in the 1993 serial blasts case, on Thursday said the Supreme Court upholding the death penalty for Yakub Memon would send a strong message to the absconding accused in Pakistan that they would also be brought to book.

Through this verdict, the entire world would realise how Pakistan had exported terrorism to India, Nikam said, and demanded the absconding accused, including Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim, be brought here to stand trial.

Prior to the 1993 bomb blasts, there were terrorism acts in India, he said, but those were considered as “struggle over the Kashmir issue”. “Those attacks were also sponsored by Pakistan and this verdict has proved how that country was promoting terrorism in India,” Nikam said.