People in Kashmir take out protest against capital punishment

Srinagar, July 30 (ANI): People of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday took out protest against the law of capital punishment existing in the country. The protest came in the backdrop of the hanging of 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon, who was executed early morning on Thursday. While demanding abolishment of death penalty, the protestors shouted slogans and displayed posters. Stating that sending a person to gallows was violation of human rights, the protestors sought a change in the Indian law. Yakub Memon’s last hope of avoiding the hangman’s noose for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings was dashed on Thursday morning, after the Supreme Court threw out his final plea for mercy hours before he was due to be executed. Memon was hanged till death at 7 am on Thursday.

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