A birthday and a death day, both given to a person who is supposed to be innocent by some and a culprit by some. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon (30 July 1962 – 30 July 2015) today at 6:35 early morning was hanged to death in Nagpur central jail, as all his pleas were rejected. Yaqub was one of the 100 culprits who were involved in 1993 Bombay Bomb blasts and the only one who was given death sentence by the TADA court.
But then the question arises that who has being hanged?
Is it the culprit of 1993 blasts or is it the person whom Indian government got hold of just because he surrendered himself?
One side of the story says that he was boarding a plane from Nepal to Dubai and was escaping from India and in the mean time he was caught. And the other one says that if he had listened to his brother (Tiger Memon) of not surrendering and ran off, then today he would have been celebrating his birthday in some luxurious villas of Dubai with his family.
The person who had faith in Indian judiciary system, came all the way back from Dubai to Nepal and surrendered himself. Now both the parts are good in their own way but the only concern is that why does it takes Indian government such long time to give out a decision of a convict.
If he was proven guilty of his crimes then it shouldn't have taken more then 2 decades to hang him.
And in the end the same question still remains that was Yaqub Memon hanged or the Indian Judiciary system?
Shahid Salam Khan
