Controversy over 'Sundarata' grave of 1993 Mumbai bombings convict Yakub Memon; Maharashtra government ordered an inquiry

 

The Deputy Commissioner of Police will investigate the alleged beautification while the Senior Police Inspector of LT Marg police station will be the investigating officer.





dispute erupted over the declared' beautification' of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's grave, which was' broken' with a marble border and LED lighting. Announcing a probe into the alleged beautification, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday that a committee would be formed to probe the matter and an inquiry would be initiated soon.

Following the uproar, the police removed decorative LED lights around Yakub Menon's grave in the early hours of Thursday. The Deputy Commissioner of Police started an investigation into the new form of the game. The police will seek more information from the Police Waqf Board, BMC and Charity Commissioner.

A police team visited the grave on Wednesday night, while a BMC team also visited the spot. Sources have told the Free Press Journal that the asserted beautification was done on March 18, when the Shiv Sena- led Maha Vikas Aghadi government was in power.

particularly, Yakub Memon was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts for his monetary involvement in the act. He was hanged on 30 July 2015 in Nagpur Central Jail. Yakub's family Tiger Memon is one of the main charged in the terrorist act.



The alleged beautification of Yakub Memon's grave sparked a war of words between the BJP and opposition parties NCP, Congress and Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.

The president of Juma Masjid acknowledged that the tomb was decorated, but noted that no specific permission was given for Yakub's tomb to do so. The Bada Kabrastan site, where Yakub Memon is buried in Mumbai, falls under the jurisdiction of the Burial Waqf Board. BMC manager Iqbal Chahal clarified that' Bada Kabrastan doesn't come under our authority.


So we can't take any action or investigation on it. This is the site of a confidential Muslim trust. There are many other graveyards in Mumbai which come under our jurisdiction. If there was a graveyard under BMC's jurisdiction, we would have inspected it in detail. ,

The BJP claimed that the alleged beautification was done during the Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress led by Uddhav Thackeray.