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MUMBAI: The Amnesty International has said the execution of Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India.

MUMBAI: India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country's deadliest bombings, which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, after the Supreme Court threw out his final plea for a stay of execution.

MUMBAI: India on Thursday executed convicted bomb plotter Yakub Memon for his role in a series of co-ordinated attacks that killed hundreds of people in Mumbai in 1993, television stations reported.

MUMBAI: Salman Khan faced a torrent of opposition after he tweeted in support of the 1993 blast convict, Yakub Memon. In a bid to clarify his stance, the actor, then, deleted the tweets in question.