The final argument in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case has begun. The Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam opened his final arguments in the case saying that the conspiracy of the 26/11 attack was hatched on Pakistan soil and inevitable inference can be drawn that the attack was State-sponsored. <br/><br/>According to the prosecution, Kasab and the nine other slain terrorists had undergone military and intelligence training at the hands of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which was supervised by certain officers of the Pakistan Army.<br/><br/>Nikam said that the attackers were given fake identity cards under fictitious Indian names. One of the terrorist Imran Babbar had contacted a TV news channel and had claimed that he was from Hyderabad in India. The prosecutor said in his argument that till date Pakistan has refused to take responsibility for the attacks and has not yet claimed the bodies of the nine slain terrorists.<br/><br/>Kasab is charged with killing 166 persons in the attack, Sabahuddin and Ansari are facing charges of drawing maps of targets and passing them on to militant outfit LeT for executing the terror strikes. <br/><br/>Maharashtra State Home Minister R R Patil and Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe attended the proceedings in the case in a special court today. Unprecedented security measures were taken in view of the ministers' visit. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, Sabauddin's lawyer Ejaz Naqvi today filed an application seeking to stay the trial stating that not more than three cases can be clubbed together. Special Judge M L Tahiliyani, however, rejected the application stating that it was frivolous.<br/>
News On AIR | March 9, 2010 7:32 PM
Final arguments in Kasab trial begin today