“Yakub was always well-mannered,” recalled activist Arun Ferreira from shared time at Nagpur Central Jail. Ferreira is a member of the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, from which a few members had yesterday staged a demonstration at Dadar station, protesting against the death penalty for 1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Protestors were not just against a death sentence for 1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon, but were against capital punishment altogether (Insert) Arun Ferreira. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar