Indian court puts off last-minute decision on death-row bomb convict


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jul 2015

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court has put off by a day a decision on whether to stay the execution of the only person sentenced to death for India's deadliest bomb attack, meaning the convict will learn his fate just hours before he is due to be hanged on Thursday.

Yakub Memon was convicted as the "driving spirit" behind blasts in Mumbai in 1993 that killed at least 257 people, but his case has divided opinion in India, with several eminent figures saying the sentence is too harsh.

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