26/11 attack convict Ajmal Kasab was reportedly executed at 7.30 am on Wednesday after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy plea.
The mercy petition filed by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was awarded death sentence for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack was rejected by the President.
Reports said he was secretly hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail after his mercy plea was rejected.
Sources said Kasab, who was lodged at Mumbai's Arthur Road prison since his arrest, was shifted to Pune's Yerwada Jail.
The home ministry on October 23 had rejected Kasab's mercy petition that had been addressed to the President.
The Mumbai trial court had on May 6, 2010 awarded death sentence to Kasab which was upheld by the Bombay High Court on February 21, 2011. The apex court rejected his appeal on August 29.
Kasab was one of the 10 Pakistani terrorists who sailed from their country and illegally sneaked into Mumbai on the night of November 26, 2008 for a terror siege of the city that ended on November 29 afternoon. The mayhem that Kasab and his nine accomplices unleashed on the city claimed 166 innocent lives.
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