News-10 Jan 13: KASAB HANGED, BURIED IN YERWADA JAIL

KASAB HANGED, BURIED IN YERWADA JAIL

 

Was Taken to Pune in top secret 'Operation X’

In a top secret operation, 25-year-old Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 26 / 11 Mumbai terror attack was hanged in Pune's Yerwada Jail on November 21, 2012. Police sources said that Kasab was buried on the jail premises.

The execution came five days before the fourth anniversary of the attacks that began on November 26, 2008.

The only terrorist to be caught alive, out of the 10 men who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008, Kasab was sentenced to death by the special court on May 6, 2011 after a trial that lasted for more than 14 months. The Supreme Court upheld the  Capital punishment on August 29, 2012.

Official sources said that 'X', the code name, was set in motion on November 12, after President Pranab Mukherjee  turned  down Kasab's mercy petition  on November 5, 2012.

 

On 26-11-2008, India went to Sleep with Horrific Images of the Terrorist Attack on Mumbai. On 21-11-2012, it Awoke to the News of Kasab's Hanging

 

Nov. 26, 2008 : Ten Pakistani gunmen including Ajmal Kasab launch attacks on multiple   locations in Mumbai, leaving 166 dead

Nov. 27 : Kasab is nabbed

Nov. 29 : Remaining 9 terrorists killed

Nov. 30 : Kasab confesses before police

Jan. 16, 2009: Arthur Road Jail selected for his trial

Feb. 20/21: Kasab makes confession before magistrate

Feb. 22 : Ujjwal Nikam appointed Special Public Prosecutor Dec. 16 : Prosecution completes its case

Dec. 18 : Kasab denies all charges May 3, 2010: Kasab convicted

May 6 : Kasab sentenced to death by trial court

Feb. 21, 2011 : Bombay HC upholds death sentence

July 29 : Kasab challenges sentence in Supreme Court

Oct. 10 : Tells SC he was brainwashed; says he is too young to deserve capital punishment

Aug 29, 2012: SC upholds death sentence

Oct. 16 : Home ministry recommends rejection of mercy plea to President

Nov. 5 : President rejects Kasab's mercy petition

Nov. 8 : Maharashtra govt. signs death warrant

Nov.17: Kasab told that he will be hanged

Nov. 19 : Shifted to Yerwada jail in Pune in early hours

Nov. 21 : Kasab hanged at 7:30 a.m. Buried in an undisclosed spot in the prison compound

 

The X Factor

Kasab's hanging — codenamed Operation X — was carried out in total secrecy. Only those who needed to know knew about it. The identity of the hangman, who was paid 5,000 for the job, has also been kept a secret.

Speed Factor

Kasab's is the second-fastest mercy petition decided in India, the first being that of a young man called Raovji alias Ramchandra, who was hanged in 1996, less than three years after he had murdered his family.

Gallows Gallery

Kasab's hanging comes 8 years after the execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a security guard convicted for the murder of 14-year-old Hetal Parekh in March 1990 in Calcutta. Before him, serial killer Auto Shankar was hanged in Salem jail in 1995.