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There is an irony in the TADA court's pattern of sentencing that almost has shades of a Greek tragedy—it first acquitted Rahin Memon and then sentenced her to widowhood, as it were. "I still can't come to terms with it. It never occurred to us that the court could send Yakub to the gallows. It feels like a bad dream... and today is his birthday,'' says the pretty wife of Yakub Memon. Yakub was sentenced to death on July 27, 2007, in the 1993 bomb blasts case.
In This Pic : Yakub Memon, Rahin
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Rahin has evidently sobbed her heart out in the last several days. But her eyes glisten with steadfast determination. "I am going to start fighting now. I have faith first in Allah. I also believe in our judiciary. Most importantly, I believe that my Yakub is innocent. He has sworn by our daughter that he has done nothing wrong. If he had, I would have left him long ago.''
In This Pic : Yakub Memon
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Rahin is upset that this has happened to a man who chose to return to face trial. "Why have they done this to him?'' she asks. "Just because he came back? Are we still living in the Stone Age? Just for society you put one brother behind bars for 14 years and then condemn him to death for his brother's sins. Yakub is being hanged because of the Memon tag. Is surname ne unko tabah kar diya (this surname has destroyed him).''
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Speaking in an exclusive interview for the first time to the media (so far, none of the Memons have entertained questions), Rahin says they had put their faith in the trial. "Yakub always said he would come out since he had done nothing wrong. Why would we return to India if we had something to hide? Why have Tiger and Ayub (the absconding brothers and blast masterminds) not come back? "Because they know they will be punished.''
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Asked if there was any deal with the government, Rahin says, "We returned because we were living under house arrest in Karachi. We didn't like it there—we were missing our homeland and we did not want to live with a false sense of shame. I would tell Yakub that I missed small things like seeing the fisherwomen from Mahim draped in their nine-yard saris.''
In This Pic : Yakub Memon
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