Kasab retracts confession, claims he met Headley

Mumbai, Dec 18 (PTI) Ajmal Kasab Friday made a complete
retraction of the confession of his participation in the last
year's Mumbai terror attacks and added a touch of drama
claiming terror suspect David Headley had met him in the
company of FBI officials.

Described by the prosecution lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as a
"dramatic actor", Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive on Nov
26 last year who had created terror and mayhem along with nine
other LeT-trained Pakistani terrorists, told the trial court
that he had confessed under duress.
"I totally deny the confession made before the
Magistrate. I was beaten up by the police and was interrogated
by foreigners and one of them was Headley," he told Special
Judge M L Tahiliyani.
The judge cut him short saying he should first answer
the questions put to him by the court and then say whatever he
wanted to.
Lawyer Ejaz Naqvi, defending another accused Sabhaudin
Ahmed, said Kasab had named Headley and that it should be
recorded.
David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani
origin, was arrested by FBI in October on terror charges and
is believed to have played a role in aiding the Mumbai terror
attacks in India.
The judge, however, told the lawyer that he would first
finish with Kasab's statement and that Kasab was free to say
whatever he wanted after that. (More) PTI SVS
MYR


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