Yakub Memon execution: Justice will be complete after Tiger, Dawood are punished, says Congress

The Congress on Thursday said that the victims of 1993 Mumbai terror attacks will get complete justice only once the primary accused in the case Tiger Memon and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim are punished.

"The judgement on the case came after a long time. The highest court of the country opened its door and the due process of law was completed after a long battle. However, full justice will complete only when Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim will be brought to India and punished. There are people who are still bearing the scarce of the blast," said senior Congress leader P.C Chacko.

Memon was hanged at the Nagpur Central jail today morning. His body will be handed over to his family according to the Maharashtra Home Department.

Memon's second mercy plea before President Pranab Mukherjee was rejected late last night.

In an unprecedented move, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court presided over a fresh hearing of the case throughout the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday before dismissing the final appeal for mercy by Yakub, the only person to be sentenced to death for the series of bombings in Mumbai.

While Yakub Memon's lawyer Anand Grover had sought a reprieve of 14 days to challenge rejection of mercy plea by the President, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi maintained that if mercy petitions are filed over and over again, death warrants will never be executed.

The apex court had on Wednesday also dismissed the curative petition of Yakub, saying proper procedure was followed in disposing of Yakub's curative petition.

Memon was convicted for being the "driving spirit" behind the blasts that killed at least 257 people at separate landmarks in the financial capital, including the Bombay Stock Exchange and two crowded markets.