Before Yakub Memon's execution, Mumbai police make special security arrangements

Mumbai: Mumbai police are making special security arrangements to deal with any possible fallout on the law and order front after the hanging of Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in the metropolis. [caption id=“attachment_2356594” align=“alignleft” width=“380” class=" “]  Yakub Memon. Image courtesy- ibnlive[/caption] Memon’s execution is slated for 30 July at the Nagpur Central Jail. After the hanging, his body will be handed over to his family members, the police said. The 53-year-old’s body will be brought to his residence at Mahim in Central Mumbai. “His burial might take place in the city,” said a police officer, requesting anonymity. “Right from the airport to his house and at the burial ground, police will maintain tight security arrangements,” he said. As a preventive action, police will detain some people with criminal antecedents and keep strict vigil at sensitive places in the metropolis. Leaves of all police personnel have been cancelled till July-end, said the officer. PTI