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Kasab, 2 others plead not guilty to charge framed against them
Mumbai, May 6 (PTI) Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone
surviving Pakistani gunman facing trial in the Mumbai terror
attack, Wednesday pleaded not guilty to all the charges
against him including waging war against India which attracts
death penalty.
"Yeh sab galat hai, mujhe kabool nahin hai" (these
charges are wrong, not acceptable to me), Kasab said in his
plea, adding he wanted to face the trial after a special court
framed a string of charges against him.
Kasab's two co-accused --Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin
Ahmed--also pleaded not guilty to the charges and said they
too would like to face trial. Kasab was one of the 10
suspected LeT operatives behind the three-day carnage.
Kasab would be tried for the murder of 166 persons who
fell to the bullets in the strike on November 26 last.
Although he killed 72 persons, he will be tried for all the
murders as the court framed conspiracy charges against him.
Judge M L Tahaliyani explained all the 86 charges framed
against the accused in Hindi, laced with Urdu words such as
Sajish (conspiracy), Aarop (accusation) and Jung (war).
The charges include waging war against nation, murder,
attempt to murder, conspiracy, damaging railway property,
entering India without valid passport, carrying arms and RDX,
planting bombs and firing at various places in Mumbai.
All the accused were asked to stand up in the dock and
hear the charges.
When Kasab who looked relaxed was asked his age, he
promptly replied 21. Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam immediately said
"the cat is out of the bag" in the context of the defence plea
that he was only 18 and a juvenile which would have meant
lighter penalties.
Responding to Nikam's comments, Kasab said "mujhpe
yakeen nahin hai to main kya karoon (If you do not have faith
in me, what shall I do?).
However, the judge rebuked Kasab, asking him not to make
any comments and address the court only.
In formal court documents, Kasab gave his full name as
Mohammed Ajmal Mohammed Amir Kasab, his age, and stated he was
a labourer from Faridkot in Punjab province in Pakistan.
The other charges Kasab faced was for using pistol, AK-47
rifle, robbing car to commit terror act, lobbing hand
grenades, setting fire to hotel Taj and Nariman House, using
fake I-card of a Hyderabad college to conceal identity,
killing Amarsingh Solanki, navigator of Kuber boat by which he
and others arrived on the shores of Mumbai from Karachi.
Reading out the charges, the judge said Kasab and
other accused would be tried for threatening the sovereignty
of India and attacking Mumbai with the aim of seeing
Jammu and Kashmir ceded from India.
The charges against Kasab also include killing police
officers near Cama hospital, causing grievous injury to police
inspector during a shoot-out at Girgaum chowpatty, killing 52
persons at Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus, gunning down
seven at Cama Hospital and planting bombs in taxis which
exploded at Vile Parle and Mazagon. PTI
surviving Pakistani gunman facing trial in the Mumbai terror
attack, Wednesday pleaded not guilty to all the charges
against him including waging war against India which attracts
death penalty.
"Yeh sab galat hai, mujhe kabool nahin hai" (these
charges are wrong, not acceptable to me), Kasab said in his
plea, adding he wanted to face the trial after a special court
framed a string of charges against him.
Kasab's two co-accused --Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin
Ahmed--also pleaded not guilty to the charges and said they
too would like to face trial. Kasab was one of the 10
suspected LeT operatives behind the three-day carnage.
Kasab would be tried for the murder of 166 persons who
fell to the bullets in the strike on November 26 last.
Although he killed 72 persons, he will be tried for all the
murders as the court framed conspiracy charges against him.
Judge M L Tahaliyani explained all the 86 charges framed
against the accused in Hindi, laced with Urdu words such as
Sajish (conspiracy), Aarop (accusation) and Jung (war).
The charges include waging war against nation, murder,
attempt to murder, conspiracy, damaging railway property,
entering India without valid passport, carrying arms and RDX,
planting bombs and firing at various places in Mumbai.
All the accused were asked to stand up in the dock and
hear the charges.
When Kasab who looked relaxed was asked his age, he
promptly replied 21. Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam immediately said
"the cat is out of the bag" in the context of the defence plea
that he was only 18 and a juvenile which would have meant
lighter penalties.
Responding to Nikam's comments, Kasab said "mujhpe
yakeen nahin hai to main kya karoon (If you do not have faith
in me, what shall I do?).
However, the judge rebuked Kasab, asking him not to make
any comments and address the court only.
In formal court documents, Kasab gave his full name as
Mohammed Ajmal Mohammed Amir Kasab, his age, and stated he was
a labourer from Faridkot in Punjab province in Pakistan.
The other charges Kasab faced was for using pistol, AK-47
rifle, robbing car to commit terror act, lobbing hand
grenades, setting fire to hotel Taj and Nariman House, using
fake I-card of a Hyderabad college to conceal identity,
killing Amarsingh Solanki, navigator of Kuber boat by which he
and others arrived on the shores of Mumbai from Karachi.
Reading out the charges, the judge said Kasab and
other accused would be tried for threatening the sovereignty
of India and attacking Mumbai with the aim of seeing
Jammu and Kashmir ceded from India.
The charges against Kasab also include killing police
officers near Cama hospital, causing grievous injury to police
inspector during a shoot-out at Girgaum chowpatty, killing 52
persons at Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus, gunning down
seven at Cama Hospital and planting bombs in taxis which
exploded at Vile Parle and Mazagon. PTI
