Yakub Memon grave ‘beautification’ irks BJP; Mumbai police order probe 

By PTI

MUMBAI: An issue has erupted over the burial place of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon in Mumbai, with the ruling BJP claiming the grave was “beautified” and makes an attempt made to show it right into a shrine of types.

Mumbai police swung into motion on Thursday, eradicating the LED lights put across the grave of the fear convict, who was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried on the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.

A DCP degree police officer will probe how the LED lights and marble tiles got here to “adorn” the fear convict’s grave, an official mentioned.

While some Maharashtra BJP leaders claimed the grave was transformed right into a tomb whereas Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister, the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena mentioned the entire difficulty was an try to divert individuals’s consideration from extra necessary points like inflation and unemployment.

State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned Thackeray ought to apologise to the individuals of Mumbai and Maharashtra for this “beautification” try of the grave of an individual chargeable for killing 250 individuals.

Another native BJP chief mentioned NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also needs to apologise over the problem.

A police official mentioned halogen lights had been put in within the Bada Qabrastan on the event of Badi Raat (Shab-e-Barat) and have been eliminated by the Qabrastan trustees.

Shab-e-Barat is a serious celebration for the Muslim neighborhood is also called the night time of fortune and forgiveness. The marble tiles round Memon’s grave had been put up three years in the past, he mentioned. There are 13 different graves on the place, he added.

MUMBAI: An issue has erupted over the burial place of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon in Mumbai, with the ruling BJP claiming the grave was “beautified” and makes an attempt made to show it right into a shrine of types.

Mumbai police swung into motion on Thursday, eradicating the LED lights put across the grave of the fear convict, who was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried on the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.

A DCP degree police officer will probe how the LED lights and marble tiles got here to “adorn” the fear convict’s grave, an official mentioned.

While some Maharashtra BJP leaders claimed the grave was transformed right into a tomb whereas Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister, the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena mentioned the entire difficulty was an try to divert individuals’s consideration from extra necessary points like inflation and unemployment.

State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned Thackeray ought to apologise to the individuals of Mumbai and Maharashtra for this “beautification” try of the grave of an individual chargeable for killing 250 individuals.

Another native BJP chief mentioned NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also needs to apologise over the problem.

A police official mentioned halogen lights had been put in within the Bada Qabrastan on the event of Badi Raat (Shab-e-Barat) and have been eliminated by the Qabrastan trustees.

Shab-e-Barat is a serious celebration for the Muslim neighborhood is also called the night time of fortune and forgiveness. The marble tiles round Memon’s grave had been put up three years in the past, he mentioned. There are 13 different graves on the place, he added.