Kasab's AK-47 rifle identified; court angry as he laughs

Mumbai, May 11 (PTI) A key witness Monday in a special
court identified two AK-47 rifles allegedly used by Pakistani
gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and his accomplice Abu Ismael
to kill people in Mumbai on November 26.

When the weapons were being identified, accused Kasab was
laughing at the witness and shaking his head indicating that
the weapons did not belong to him.

This invited the wrath of Judge M L Tahaliyani who warned
Kasab to behave properly in the court. The judge told him that
all the time he was seen laughing. "Keep away this casual
attitude and show some seriousness," the judge said.

The witness, police sub-inspector Bhaskar Kadam, who had
participated in an encounter with the two suspected
terrorists, said, "These two weapons were used by Kasab and
Ismael (Kasab was held, while Ismael was killed)."

He told the judge that one Ak-47 rifle was carried by
Kasab while the other one by Ismael. The rifle with Ismael
belonged to Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamathe,
who was killed by the duo in another gunfight on the same day
near Cama hospital.

Kadam also informed that along with the AK-47 rifles, two
pistols of 9mm were also seized from the accused. One of them
was a Pakistani make and name of the company mentioned was
"Diamond Nadi Frontier Arms Company, Peshawar".

This indicates that weapons had been brought from
Pakistan, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said. PTI SVS
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