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Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon (30 July 1962 – 30 July 2015) was an Indian terrorist financier convicted of terrorism over his financial involvements in the 1993 Bombay bombings, and the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon.
Aug 6, 2015 · Yakub Memon's defence attorney Anand Grover on why he believes the execution of the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict was not legal.
Jul 30, 2015 · NEW DELHI — Yakub Memon, the “driving spirit” behind a series of bombings in Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993, was hanged early Thursday morning at a prison in central India.
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Jul 21, 2015 · 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. In a letter written to the Chief Justice of India in July 1999, Yakub Memon described himself as a “good citizen of this country” who “tried to help the government in whatever small manner that [he] could”.
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Jul 30, 2015 · Yakub Memon was hanged in 2015 for his role in the 1993 serial blasts that killed 275 people in Mumbai. He was a chartered accountant and the brother of Tiger Memon, a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim.
Yakub Memon was charged with possession of unauthorised arms. After the bombings, family members of Tiger Memon, including Yakub, escaped to Dubai and Pakistan. Correspondents say Tiger owned a restaurant in Mumbai and was allegedly closely associated with Dawood Ibrahim , the suspected mastermind.
Jul 29, 2015 · The staff at the Nagpur Central Jail say the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict was counting on clemency. By then, Yakub’s brother Suleiman and cousin Usman, who met him for a few minutes on Wednesday afternoon and then again after the Supreme Court rejected his petition, had already given up.
