Kasab gets lawyer, Mumbai attack trial to begin from April six

Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) The trial proceedings in the Mumbai
terror strike will commence on April six after the special
court Monday appointed a woman lawyer from the Maharashtra
legal aid cell to defend the lone terrorist Ajmal Kasab caught
during the attack.

Kasab, the Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) militant, was informed
by Judge M L Tahilyani that the court had appointed Anjali
Waghmare, a lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal
Authority, to defend him. Kasab, at present lodged in
high-security Arthur Road jail, appeared through a video link.

The judge, while introducing Kasab to his lawyer, said
his lawyer would brief him about the trial proceedings and
also assist him in explaining the police chargesheet as
she was familiar with Marathi and English.

Clad in a grey shirt, Kasab, sporting a trimmed beard,
smiled and nodded at Waghmare after which he told the court
that he wanted to read newspapers.

Judge Tahilyani said he would consider all his requests
once the trial begins in the special court to be set up inside
the Arthur Road jail.

Kasab was among 38 people chargesheeted by Mumbai Police
in connection with the 60-hour long terror siege that left 183
people dead. While two others -- Faheem Ansari and
Sabbauddin Ahmed -- have been booked in this case, 35 others
including Zakiur-rehman and Muzamil, at present in Pakistan,
are still wanted in this case. PTI SP
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