Yakub The Corporator

After the serial blasts ripped through the city in 1993, a little-known Yakub Memon had fled to Dubai and a better-known Yakub Memon walked through the streets of Bhendi Bazaar, Dawood Ibrahim's neighbourhood, assuring voters that there was no connection between him and his namesake, who was being touted as one of the architects of the attack.

After the serial blasts ripped through the city in 1993, a little-known Yakub Memon had fled to Dubai and a better-known Yakub Memon walked through the streets of Bhendi Bazaar, Dawood Ibrahim's neighbourhood, assuring voters that there was no connection between him and his namesake, who was being touted as one of the architects of the attack.