Meet the guy who put the noose around Yakub Memon

A police constable, who executed 26/11 Mumbai attacks terrorist Ajmal Kasab in 2012, on Thursday hanged Yakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict.

The Yerwada jail constable’s identity has been kept under wraps due to security reasons. He arrived at the Central Prison in Nagpur a week before as part of a 20-member team of prison personnel from Pune, reported PTI.

He had pulled the lever to hang Kasab on November 21, 2012 at Yerwada in Pune.

Moreover, Yerwada Jail Superintendent, Yogesh Desai, who led the team during Kasab's execution, was transferred to the Nagpur Central Prison a few months back, to oversee Yakub's hanging.

The constable executed the hanging with "clinical precision", said jail officials.

To assist the hangman, another constable from Yerwada was brought in Nagpur a week ago and trained with two others. The other members of the team were entrusted with the task of preparing the drop and the platform in the execution yard (Fansi Yard).

Nagpur and Yerwada are the two Central Prisons in Maharashtra equipped with the hanging facility.

The previous execution at Nagpur jail was carried out in 1984, when two brothers from Amravati had been hanged for murder.

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