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| The Supreme Court rejected a last-minute mercy plea from Memon |
A MAN has been hanged eight years after being put on death row for India's deadliest terror attack.
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon was convicted in 2007 for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people.
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| The bombings were seen as revenge for the demolition of a mosque in by Hindu nationalists |
He was executed in prison near Nagpur – about 14 hours from Mumbai – this morning, on his 53rd birthday.
The Supreme Court rejected a last-minute mercy plea from Memon, claiming it would be "travesty of justice" to even delay his death sentence.
The accountant was put on death row for helping raise funds for the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai over two decades ago.
The blasts targeted some of the city's key centres, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, Air India's offices and a state transport office.
They were seen as revenge for the demolition of a mosque in northern India by Hindu nationalists.
Yakub's older brother Ibrahim also known as 'Tiger', and Dawood Ibrahim are the main suspects in the bombings.
Both were both leading gangsters in Mumbai in the 1990s but have since fled the country.
A total of 100 people were convicted of involvement in the blasts after one of India's lengthiest court trials.
Ten of those were also sentenced to death but unlike Memon, they had their death sentences commuted to life in prison.
Capital punishment has become an increasingly controversial subject in India.
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| 9/11, September 11th bombings in 2001 is one of the worst and most murderous attack to date. Two hijacked planes were crashed into the Twin Towers of The World Trade Center in New York City, killing 2,800 people |
More than 1,000 have been sent to death row in the country this century – but just four have been executed.
In 1980 the Supreme Court issued directive that the punishment should only be used in the "rarest of rare" cases.
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