26/11 caserosecutors submit in court evidence given by India

Islamabad, Jul 9 (PTI) Pakistani prosecutors on Saturday
submitted documentary evidence provided by India, including
confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, in the anti-terrorism
court conducting the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and
six others charged with involvement in Mumbai attacks, as a
new judge began hearing the case.
Prosecutors from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)
presented three files containing the autopsy reports of those
killed in the attacks, medico-legal reports of the injured and
lone surviving Mumbai attacker Kasab's confessional statement
in English, Hindi and Marathi, sources told PTI.
The evidence was presented to the court by the FIA
following an application from the defence lawyers.
Copies of all the evidence will be provided to the
accused and the defence lawyers, the sources said.
Today's in-camera proceedings at the Adiala Jail in
Rawalpindi were conducted by Shahid Rafique, who was appointed
the new judge for hearing the Mumbai attacks case. He is the
fifth judge to hear the case since proceedings began in early
2009.
After the evidence was presented in court by the
prosecutors, Judge Rafique adjourned the case till July 23.
Lakhvi's counsel Khwaja Sultan told PTI after the hearing
that the defence lawyers had requested the court to provide
the autopsy and medico-legal reports of those killed and
injured in the Mumbai attacks after the prosecution presented
a new list of witnesses, including Indian doctors and
policemen.
The seven suspects, including LeT members, have been
accused of planning, facilitating and financing the November
2008 attacks in India's financial hub that killed 166 people.
Their trial has been marred by repeated delays and only
one out of over 160 prosecution witnesses has testified so
far.