Witness testimony may nail Kasab in 26/11 case

Mumbai, May 25 (PTI) In a crucial evidence that might
help prosecution in nailing prime accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir
Kasab in 26/11 terror attack case, a city-based photographer
Monday described in the court how fidayeens arrived here from
Pakistan by the sea route and gunned down people.

The evidence, tendered by the witness, Bhavesh
Takalkar, is considered significant because in his presence
Kasab had told police that he and other LeT operatives had
entered Mumbai through the sea route and struck terror on
November 26 last.

Takalkar identified Kasab in the court and said "he is
the person who had disclosed to him and police how they
arrived here from Pakistan and killed people".

The photographer told special public prosecutor Ujjwal
Nikam that Kasab in his statement to the police had said that
they had arrived by Marine vessel "Kuber" after killing its
navigator Amarsinh Solanki.

Kasab did not react to the testimony of the witness
and kept sitting in the dock with his head down.

The witness said, on November 27, he was taken to
trauma ward of Nair hospital where Kasab told police that they
had hidden Solanki's body in the boat and he was prepared to
show them the vessel.

Takalkar said Kasab had told them that slain
terrorists Abu Ismail and Abu Shoib had tied Solanki's hands
while he (Kasab) inflicted a deep cut in the back of Solanki's
neck with a sharp weapon and killed him. PTI SVS
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