BJP, Sena welcome SC verdict on Yakub, slam those opposing it
30 July 2015 4:37 AM IST
Branding those who opposed the death sentence to Memon as "mentally challenged" in need of treatment, BJP said it was wrong for "some people to have politicised the whole issue or for giving it a communal colour".
"We welcome the SC judgement. Ultimately justice has been delivered to all the victims of the 1993 Mumbai blasts. People of the country have faith in the judiciary and with this verdict, their faith has been strengthened further," BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
He slammed those opposing the death sentence to Memon as "mentally challenged" and said all such people need treatment.
BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said the SC verdict has made it clear that decision taken by <g data-gr-id="37">trial</g> court in terms of awarding death sentence is correct.
"It brings finality to the entire legal process. It would not be proper to try and go behind the decision and attribute anything to the decision.
"This marks the closure with respect to Yakub Memon's trial and also a step in the direction of closure for all those who lost their family members or suffered on account of the horrific terror attack and bomb blasts in 1993 in Mumbai," Kohli said.
Another BJP national spokesperson, Sambit Patra, said it is a "big day" for the victims of the 1993 Mumbai blasts and a sense of justice prevails on Wednesday and termed it as a "victory" of law.
"BJP has always maintained that law should take its own course. Today, with the verdict of the Supreme Court, in <g data-gr-id="38">fact</g> the law has taken its course. A sense of justice prevails for the victims of 1993 Mumbai blasts and it was wrong for some people to have politicised the whole issue or for giving it a communal colour," Patra said.
Sharma said terrorism was a threat to the entire world and there is <g data-gr-id="34">need</g> for all to unitedly fight the menace.
Tight Security in Mumbai ahead of execution
A day before the hanging of the sole death row convict of the 1993 Mumbai blasts case Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon in Nagpur, the Maharashtra police have tightened security in India’s financial capital. Memon would be hanged on Thursday morning.
Countdown for Yakub Memon's hanging starts at Nagpur jail
With the Supreme Court rejecting relief to Yakub Memon, the countdown for the hanging of the only death-row convict of 1993 Mumbai blasts case tomorrow has started at the Nagpur Central Prison here. Memon is all set to be hanged to death as per the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court's order on Thursday on his 53rd birthday. All the preparations were complete, prison sources said. Top police officials on Wednesday visited the prison to supervise the security.
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