Mumbai: Defence lawyers, who appeared for Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab in the sessions and Bombay High Court in Mumbai, on Wednesday welcomed his execution and said that by taking his case out of turn, the government has brought some peace to the victims of the 26/11 terror attack. Defence lawyers Amin Solkar, Farhana Shah and Abbas Kazmi, however, raised questions on the secrecy over the hanging. "It is good that...
02:01 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The hanging of 26/11 convict Ajmal Amir Kasab has led to a round of political slugfest between the Congress-led Central government and the BJP. While the Congress as well the BJP have expressed satisfaction over Kasab's hanging, the latter has also questioned on the government's stand of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said that the whole country wanted Kasab's execution. "But why not Afzal...
01:57 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: The operation to execute Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was on Wednesday shrouded in secrecy with even the hangman kept in the dark about the terrorist's identity till the last minute. Kasab, who has been lodged at Arthur Road prison in Mumbai ever since his arrest soon after the Mumbai terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18 and 19, a senior...
01:52 PM, Nov 21, 2012
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was hanged on Wednesday morning at 7.30 am at Yerwada Central Prison in Pune. ...
01:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist and Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab, who was executed at Pune's Yarwada Jail on Wednesday morning at 7:30 am, had been informed of his hanging on November 12 that he would be hanged on November 21. After Kasab was informed about his execution he said that his mother Nooreelai, who lives in Pakistan, should be informed about it. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the order on November...
01:16 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Islamabad: Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, executed in India on Wednesday for his role in the 2008 Mumbai massacre, was a "hero" who will inspire more attacks, said a senior commander of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). "He was a hero and will inspire other fighters to follow his path," the commander of the Pakistani militant group accused of masterminding the attack told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. Ajmal Kasab was hanged...
01:03 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani media reported terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging Wednesday blandly, with some reports quoting him as saying that he had not received a fair trial in India. Kasab, the only one among 10 Pakistani terrorists caught after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, was "quietly hanged" in Pune, about four years after he was caught during the killing spree, Geo News reported. It quoted Indian reports as saying that he...
12:55 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: A slight figure in cargo pants and sneakers and a blue sweatshirt, gun-wielding Ajmal Kasab was the face of the horrific Mumbai terror attack and the key to unravel the conspiracy hatched in Pakistan. The images of Kasab ambling cockily--a backpack on his shoulders and an AK-47 dangling carelessly--captured on camera at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) on the deadly night of November 26, 2008 formed hard evidence of his...
12:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Smita Salaskar, wife of slain encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who fell victim to the bullets of terrorists during the Mumbai carnage, described the hanging of Ajmal Kasab as a "homage" to her husband. ...
12:20 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the execution of Ajmal Kasab, Congress on Wednesday hoped the government would now pursue the case against the handlers in Pakistan as also expedite the decision on Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru. "I welcome it. Now the government of India should pursue the case against the handlers in Pakistan. They should expedite the decision on Afzal Guru," said party general secretary Digvijaya Singh. Kasab, the...
11:55 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The ITBP contingent guarding 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai will soon be "deinducted". According to procedure, once the specified task given to a special squad of a central force comes to an end, the Union Home Ministry issues an order asking the force headquarters to "deinduct" the contingent. "The squad designated to guard Kasab will be deinducted now," sources in the paramilitary...
11:53 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: JK Dutt, former Director General of the National Security Guards (NSG) who led the operation during 26/11 attacks, said that the due process of the law has been followed in the execution of terrorist Ajmal Kasab. There was no doubt about what was coming to Kasab. What is important is that the due process of law has been followed. In an incident of the magnitude that we had...
11:33 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Mukesh Aggarwal, shot during the onslaught on Mumbai's iconic Taj Hotel during the 26/11 attacks, has said that he is very happy with the government's order. ...
11:19 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Nearly four years after the Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving Pakistani gunman, was hanged to death at the Yerawada central prison on Wednesday morning. Soon after, reactions from victims' families started pouring in welcoming the execution. Tukaram Omble was the biggest hero of 26/11. The Mumbai police assistant sub-inspector was responsible for the capture of LeT terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive. His brother Eknath Omble welcomed the...
11:10 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that despite many attempts made by the government to get in touch with Pakistan over the execution of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, India did not get any positive response. "We attempted to convey to Pakistan about the decision taken on Kasab. We tried to inform Pakistan Foreign Ministry through fax on the decision taken but it wasn't recognised," Khurshid said....
11:07 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Slain Indian Army officer Major Sandip Unnikrishnan's father K Unnikrishnan has said that Kasab's hanging is not a closure of the 26/11 case. ...
11:06 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said that the Indian government tried to reach to the family members of Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged this morning in Pune's Yerwada jail. He also said that Kasab has been buried in the Yerwada jail premises itself. "Kasab has been hanged to death today morning at Pune's jail. He was taken to Pune from Mumbai two...
10:33 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Pune: Scores of people on Wednesday started crowding in front of Yerwada central prison here as soon as the news spread about the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for the 26/11 attack even as jail authorities were tight-lipped about the details of the execution. A heavy security cordon has been put in place around the prison where the hanging was carried out on Wednesday morning. A group of Shiv...
10:31 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday welcomed the hanging of 26/11 attack convict Ajmal Kasab but emphasised that his handlers across the border in Pakistan should also be brought to justice. "Better late than never. Kasab's hanging will act as a balm on the wounds of the people of Mumbai but their wounds are still fresh. They will get relief only when Kasab's handler's across the border are...
10:15 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: After hearing the news of the execution of Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab in Pune's Yerwada jail, sources in the Pakistan Presidents office on Wednesday said a repercussion could not be ruled out in the case of Sarabjit Singh, a death row prisoner in Pakistan. We respect judicial process in India. We hope that everything is done under proper scrutiny. Our understanding says Indian President has jumped...
10:05 AM, Nov 21, 2012
