1993 Mumbai serial blasts lone death row convict, Yakub Memon has been executed. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Maharashtra KP Bakshi told media that Memon was hanged at the Nagpur Central Jail around 7 this morning. The execution was carried out about two hours after Memon's lawyers' last-gasp plea, to get the death warrant stayed, was dismissed by the three-judge bench comprising Justices Deepak Mishra, Amitava Roy and Prafulla Chandra Pant in an unprecedented hearing that began in the wee hours today and ended at dawn. After President Pranab Mukherjee and Maharashtra Governor rejected Memon's mercy petition yesterday, his lawyers moved the apex court again late last night seeking stay of his hanging.<br/><br/>Yakub Memon's body was brought to Mumbai this afternoon from Nagpur by a special air ambulance amid tight security. His relatives accompanied the body after jail authorities handed over it to them. His execution was carried out this morning at around 7 am at Nagpur central jail. Yakub became the first convict in 31 years to be hanged to death in Nagpur Jail and the fourth in the country in the last 10 years. His burial is likely to take place at 'Bada Kabrastaan' in Marine lines amid tight security in the afternoon.<br/><br/>The Quick Response Teams of police, formed after the 26/11 terrorist attacks, has also been deployed at a few places including the Al Hussaini building in Mahim area where the Memon family lives. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will make a statement in the Assembly regarding Yakub's execution later in the day. <br/><br/>On 12th March, 1993, a series of 13 explosions rocked Mumbai, resulting in 257 fatalities and injuries to 713 others. Several conspirators and masterminds of the worst terror attack on the country including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, his right hand man Chhota Shakeel and Yakub Memon's elder brother Tiger Memon are still absconding and are believed to be sheltered in Pakistan. <br/>On April 10th, 1995, 26 accused were discharged by the TADA court and charges framed against the remaining accused. On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld death sentence of convict Yakub Memon, Tiger Memon, and commutes death sentence of 10 convicts to life term. Life imprisonment of 16 out of 18 convicts also upheld.