A special court in Mumbai will today decide the fate of Pakistani gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and two Indians for their alleged role in the 26/11 terror attacks. Elaborate security arrangements have been made in and around the Arthur Road Central jail in view of this. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said, the prosecution has prepared a watertight case against all the three accused and hoped the verdict will be in its favour. Kasab is facing the charge of killing 166 persons by indiscriminately firing and hurling hand grenades at various<br/>places on November 26, 2008. Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, both Indians, are charged with drawing maps of targets and passing them on to Lashkar-e-Taiba to execute the diabolic terror attacks. Among the places targeted by the terrorists were Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus, Nariman House, Cama Hospital, Hotel Taj Mahal, Hotel Oberoi-Trident and Metro junction. While Kasab was caught alive at Girgaum Chowpatty when he was trying to escape in a car, nine other gunmen were shot dead by police and security forces. Defence lawyer K P Pawar said, they have done their best to convince the court that Kasab is innocent and falsely implicated in the 26/11 terror attack case and now it is for the court to decide. <br/>The prosecution had filed a 11,000 page chargesheet against Kasab and two other accused and examined 658 witnesses during the one year-long trial described in legal circles as the fastest ever among the terror cases in India.
News On AIR | May 3, 2010 10:20 AM
Mumbai Court to decide fate of Pak gunman Ajmal Kasab?