26/11 convict Kasab hanged at 7.30 am: Maha Home Ministry

The Maharashtra Home Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was hanged at 7.30 am on Wednesday morning. Reports earlier suggested that President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected his mercy plea. When asked about the date of execution, the President's office had said that it was not a mandate of the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

In September, the Maharashtra Home Ministry had recommended that the mercy plea be rejected. Kasab had been sentenced to death in May 2010 for his role in the savage attacks that ripped apart Mumbai on 26 November 2008, killing over 150 people, including several foreigners. Meanwhile, reports add that Kasab has been shifted out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail to Pune's Yerwada Jail that is meant for convicts.