Trial judge in Mumbai terror attacks case named

Mumbai, Jan 13 (PTI) Former Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) court judge M L Tahiliyani will try
Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir, the lone surviving
terrorist of the November 26 terror attacks in the metropolis
that left over 180 people dead.

Tahiliyani, currently Registrar (Inspection) in the
Bombay High Court, will be the Special Judge to conduct the
trial, city Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said Monday
night.

There are 12 cases registered against Amir and other
accused in the carnage.

Ujjwal Nikam, who was the state counsel in the 1993
Mumbai serial blasts, has already been appointed Public
Prosecutor for the trial.

Police are expected to file a chargesheet before
January 24. Amir, whose Pakistani identity has been
acknowledged by Islamabad, will face charges ranging from
murder, attempt to murder and waging a war against the
country, officials said.

The chargesheet will cover mainly Amir's conversation
with his handlers in Pakistan, his interrogation report
besides eyewitnesses who saw him spraying bullets on the night
of November 26.

Police have decided to club all the 12 cases filed on
the intervening night of November 26-27.

Sources in Maharashtra government have said the trial
is likely to be conducted inside the high-security Arthur Road
jail, where the trial and sentencing of nearly 100 accused
took place in the 1993 blasts. PTI