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Yakub Memon

Indian accountant and convict (1962–2015)

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Yakub Memon: Indian accountant and convict (1962–2015)
Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon was an accountant convicted of terrorism over his financial involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings, and the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon. After his appeals and petitions for clemency were all rejected, he was executed at Nagpur Central Jail on 30 July 2015.

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