Kasab buried inside Yerawada jail premises after execution

Mahasrashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan confirmed that Kasab has been buried at the Yerawada jail where he was executed earlier this morning. Giving the media details of the execution, Chavan said that Kasab had been shifted to the Yerawada prison two days before his execution, and that the hanging had been carried out in accordance with the guidelines set out in the prison manual. “The Execution of Kasab shows that the rule of law exists in India. Lawyers and police worked hard on this case”, he added. [caption id=“attachment_530041” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Agencies[/caption] PTI reported that scores of people had started crowding in front of the Yerawada jail as soon as the news spread about the execution. A heavy security cordon has been put in place around the prison where the hanging was carried out this morning. A group of Shiv Sena workers raised slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ and demanded the same justice to Afzal Guru. Meanwhile Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters that the date and time of Kasab’s execution had been decided by the court, and simply confirmed by the Home Affairs Ministry. “There is no question of mileage. This was already decided and the date was fixed later on. The date of the execution was decided by the court earlier and it was on the file earlier so we confirmed it”, he said. “The mercy petition came to the home ministry and we sent the file to President on 16 October. The file came from the President on 5 November. I was in Delhi on 7 November and I saw the file was on my table so I immediately signed it”, he added. The Home Secretary who was also at the briefing added that in addition to sending a letter to the Pakistan High Commission, they had sent a courier to Kasab’s family in Pakistan through courier and had confirmation that it had been received. With inputs from PTI