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26/11 chargesheet by Jan 24; LeT men in Pak likely to be named
Sunanda P
Mumbai, Jan 11 (PTI) Police of western part of India Mumbai is expected to file a chargesheet into the 26/11 terror strike before January 24 and the two key Lashkar-e-Taiba Mohammad(LeT) handlers in Pakistan are likely to be named.
The lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, whose
Pakistani identity has been acknowledged by Islamabad, will
face charges ranging from murder, attempt to murder and theft
to waging war against the country, officials said.
The Indian western state Maharashtra Government has
already decided to set up a special court to conduct the
trial.
The chargesheet will cover mainly Kasab's conversation
with his handlers in Pakistan, his interrogation report
besides eyewitnesses who saw him spraying bullets on the night
of November 26 last.
The chargesheet is also likely to name Yosuf Muzzamil and
Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the main Lashkar operatives, who had
allegedly handled the terrorists durign the siege.
Their names, if it figures, will be against column two
of the chargesheet (those who could not be brought for trial)
which will enable the police to seek a non-bailable warrant
against them and subsequently an Interpol Red Corner Notice.
India has been exerting diplomatic pressure on Pakistan
to handover the suspects including Muzzamil and Lakhvi to New
Delhi for questioning in the case.
"The chargesheet will be filed by January 24 within the
60-day stipulated period," special public prosecutor Ujwal
Nikam told PTI without revealing further details.
Nikam, who has been helping the Mumbai's elite Crime
Branch in tying the loose ends of the chargesheet, also said
the trial would take place at high-security area.
Mumbai Police has decided to club all the 12 cases
registered on the intervening night of November 26 and
November 27.
While Nikam refused to divulge where the trial would be
held, sources in the Maharashtra Government said it was likely
to be held inside the high-security Arthur Road jail, the same
venue where the trial and sentencing of nearly 100 accused
took place for conspiring in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
Though some of the lawyers have expressed their
willingness to defend the 22-year-old Kasab during the trial,
the accused has not shown any inclination to hire an Indian
lawyer and has been insisting that he be defended by a
Pakistani lawyer.
He is at present in police custody till January 19 in
connection with the firing inside Cama Hospital.
Kasab was shifted to the Arthur Road prison on December
27 for identification parade where around 40 witnesses were
summoned to identify the terrorist.
Kasab, along with nine others, came through the sea
route into the Indian waters, and indulged in shooting at
various places including Taj Mahal Hotel, Nariman House,
Oberoi hotel and VT station that resulted in killing of more
than 180 people besides injuries to over 100 people.
The other accomplices of Kasab were killed during the gun
battle with Mumbai Police and elite National Security
Guards(NSG). PTI SP
AM
Mumbai, Jan 11 (PTI) Police of western part of India Mumbai is expected to file a chargesheet into the 26/11 terror strike before January 24 and the two key Lashkar-e-Taiba Mohammad(LeT) handlers in Pakistan are likely to be named.
The lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, whose
Pakistani identity has been acknowledged by Islamabad, will
face charges ranging from murder, attempt to murder and theft
to waging war against the country, officials said.
The Indian western state Maharashtra Government has
already decided to set up a special court to conduct the
trial.
The chargesheet will cover mainly Kasab's conversation
with his handlers in Pakistan, his interrogation report
besides eyewitnesses who saw him spraying bullets on the night
of November 26 last.
The chargesheet is also likely to name Yosuf Muzzamil and
Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the main Lashkar operatives, who had
allegedly handled the terrorists durign the siege.
Their names, if it figures, will be against column two
of the chargesheet (those who could not be brought for trial)
which will enable the police to seek a non-bailable warrant
against them and subsequently an Interpol Red Corner Notice.
India has been exerting diplomatic pressure on Pakistan
to handover the suspects including Muzzamil and Lakhvi to New
Delhi for questioning in the case.
"The chargesheet will be filed by January 24 within the
60-day stipulated period," special public prosecutor Ujwal
Nikam told PTI without revealing further details.
Nikam, who has been helping the Mumbai's elite Crime
Branch in tying the loose ends of the chargesheet, also said
the trial would take place at high-security area.
Mumbai Police has decided to club all the 12 cases
registered on the intervening night of November 26 and
November 27.
While Nikam refused to divulge where the trial would be
held, sources in the Maharashtra Government said it was likely
to be held inside the high-security Arthur Road jail, the same
venue where the trial and sentencing of nearly 100 accused
took place for conspiring in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.
Though some of the lawyers have expressed their
willingness to defend the 22-year-old Kasab during the trial,
the accused has not shown any inclination to hire an Indian
lawyer and has been insisting that he be defended by a
Pakistani lawyer.
He is at present in police custody till January 19 in
connection with the firing inside Cama Hospital.
Kasab was shifted to the Arthur Road prison on December
27 for identification parade where around 40 witnesses were
summoned to identify the terrorist.
Kasab, along with nine others, came through the sea
route into the Indian waters, and indulged in shooting at
various places including Taj Mahal Hotel, Nariman House,
Oberoi hotel and VT station that resulted in killing of more
than 180 people besides injuries to over 100 people.
The other accomplices of Kasab were killed during the gun
battle with Mumbai Police and elite National Security
Guards(NSG). PTI SP
AM
