Mumbai: The alleged beautification of the grave of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the terror convict cannot be glorified and asserted that the state’s Home Ministry will take appropriate action in the matter.
“Yakub Memon is an accused in Bombay Blast, cannot be glorified. We won’t accept this or let it happen. I have informed BMC and Mumbai Police about it, the Home Ministry will take appropriate action,” Shinde said.
The Chief Minister’s statement came amid a controversy that has erupted over the burial place of Memon in Mumbai, wherein the ruling BJP claimed that the grave was “beautified” and attempts were made to turn it into a shrine of sorts.
On Thursday, Maharashtra Congress alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was using the issue of alleged beautification of the grave of Memon to further its political interests.
Memon was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried at the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.
Maharashtra Congress spokesman Atul Londhe said, “Why did the BJP government hand over the body of terrorist Yakub Memon to his family?…BJP is trying to use the issue of his grave to further its political interest. BJP is harmful for the country.”
