Tight security at Yerwada Jail where Kasab was hanged

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving suspected gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is seen under police custody at an undisclosed location, in this undated still file image taken from video footage shown on the CNN-IBN television channel since February 3, 2009. India has hanged Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the only militant to have survived the 2008 attacks on the financial capital Mumbai in which 166 people were killed, the home ministry said on November 21, 2012. REUTERS

Scores of people today started crowding in front of Yerawada central prison here as soon as the news spread about the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for the 26/11 attack even as jail authorities were tight-lipped about the details of the execution.

A heavy security cordon has been put in place around the prison where the hanging was carried out this morning.

A group of Shiv Sena workers raised slogans of 'Vande Mataram' hailing the hanging of Kasab and demanded the same justice to Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru.
Prison authorities remained tight-lipped about the details of hanging.

Inspector General of Prisons, Maharashtra, Meeran Borwankar refused to respond to media queries on the issue.

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