Kasab finally executed in yerawada jail pune. Justice delayed but delivered to victims of 26/11.
Pune:Ajmal Kasab was hanged to death at 7.30 AM in Yerawada central jail, Pune. Kasab was lone surviving Pakistani terrorist of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The kasab’s hanging operation was secretly done under the code name Operation X.
Shortly after the hanging of kasab Maharashtra home minister R R Patil announced in Mumbai, “Ajmal Kasab was hanged at 7.30am in Yerawada central jail”.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan informed the media that Kasab was buried inside the premises of Pune's Yerawada Central Jail shortly after his execution. Kasab’s mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee following the advice of the Union home ministry.
Kasab along with nine other terrorists of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had attack Mumbai on November 26, 2008. They spread out across Mumbai targeting luxury hotels Taj Mahal and Oberoi Trident, a Jewish centre Chabad House and the city's main train station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST). 166 people were killed in the massacre. Nine LeT men were killed during the 60-hour siege which began on the night of November 26, 2008.