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HE is being HANGED because he's a Muslim: Owaisi

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   24 July 2015 3:47 AM GMT
HE is being HANGED because hes a Muslim: Owaisi
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MIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi stirred a controversy by commenting 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Menon is being hanged just because he is a Muslim. He made these remarks while addressing a gathering in Hyderabad.

To strengthen his cliam, Owaisi questioned why the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh haven't been executed till date. He opined they weren't hanged just because of the political pressures.

Citing Babri Masjid issue, The Hyderabad MP alleged that several officials who were booked under serious charges for the assassination of thousands of people weren't convicted.

Yakub Menon will be hanged on July 30th. He was found guilty of receiving bomb planters from airport and supplying explosives for the 1993 Mumbai blasts which killed 257 people and injured over 700 others.