New Delhi: The 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, who was hung and whose remains were buried in a South Mumbai graveyard, is in the news again over the ‘beautification’ of his grave.
Several images of his grave decorated with marble slabs and LED lights emerged online and erupted a major controversy.
The chairman of Juma Masjid confess that the grave was being decorated while claiming that no such permission was given in the matter.
Memon was buried at the Bada Kabrastan site which comes under the jurisdiction of the Burial Waqf Board.
Meanwhile, politics has begun over the matter with the Bharatiya Janta Party claiming that the ‘beautification work’ took place during the tenure of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray.
BJP further accused that attempts were underway to turn the grave into a Mazar (tomb), asking Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, and Rahul Gandhi to apologize to the people of Mumbai.
“Udhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister. During that period, the grave of the dreaded terrorist Yakub Memon, who carried out the 1993 bombings in Mumbai at the behest of Pakistan, turned into a tomb. This is their love for Mumbai, this is their patriotism?”, wrote BJP leader Ram Kadam on Twitter while sharing several pics of the now-modified place.
उधव ठाकरे मुख्यमंत्री थे .उस क़ाल में मुंबई में पाकिस्तान के इशारे पर 1993 में बंबकांड करने वाला ख़ूँख़ार आतनवादी याकूब मेमन की कबर मझार में तब्दील हो गयी .
यही है इनका मुंबई से प्यार , यही इनकी देश भक्ती ?उधव ठाकरे समेत शरद पवार तथा राहुल गांधी माफ़ी माँगे मुंबई की जनता की pic.twitter.com/TAQNhBb36G
— Ram Kadam (@ramkadam) September 7, 2022
According to the news reports, apart from placing marble boundaries on the grave and installing LED lights around it, the grave is further being guarded 24 hours a day.
