Saddened by Yakub Memon's execution: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi, July 30: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was "saddened" by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's execution on Thursday.
"Saddened by news that our government has hanged a human being. State-sponsored killing diminishes us all by reducing us to murderers too," Tharoor tweeted.
Saddened
by
news
that
our
government
has
hanged
a
human
being.
State-sponsored
killing
diminishes
us
all
by
reducing
us
to
murderers
too.
—
Shashi
Tharoor
(@ShashiTharoor)
July
30,
2015
"There is no evidence that death penalty serves as a deterrent, to the contrary in fact. All it does is exact retribution, unworthy of a Government," the Thiruvananthapuram MP added.
There
is
no
evidence
that
death
penalty
serves
as
a
deterrent:
to
the
contrary
in
fact.
All
it
does
is
exact
retribution:
unworthy
of
a
Govt
—
Shashi
Tharoor
(@ShashiTharoor)
July
30,
2015
He said: "... cold-blooded execution has never prevented a terror attack anywhere."
Yakub Memon was hanged to death in Nagpur prison early on Thursday. His body was later on handed to his family for the last rites.
IANS