Yakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, was on Thursday executed by the same prison constable from Yerwada jail who carried out the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, one of the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, three years ago.
The hangman, whose identity has been kept under wraps due to security reasons, had arrived at the Central Prison here a week ago as part of a 20-member team of prison personnel from Yerwada Jail in Pune.
He had pulled the lever to hang Kasab on November 21, <g data-gr-id="15">2012</g> at Yerwada.
Jail Superintendent of Yerwada, Yogesh Desai, who led the team during Kasab’s hanging in Pune, was transferred to the Nagpur Central Prison a few months back, apparently to oversee Yakub’s hanging.