Mumbai: Pakistan Army was involved in the
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and a serving Major General had
supervised their training across the border at LeT camps, the
prosecution told a Special Court here.
Opening its final arguments in the case, Special Public
Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving
terrorist, and his nine slain accomplices had undergone
military and intelligence training at the hands of terror
outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which was supervised by certain
officers of the Pakistan Army.
"The conspiracy of the 26/11 attack was hatched on
Pakistan soil and inevitable inference can be drawn that the
attack was State-sponsored," he said.
"Kasab in his confession has said one Major General was
present during their training and had supervised them. The
name of the Major General was deliberately not revealed to the
attackers as he occupies a senior position in the army," Nikam
said.
Alleging that the LeT and the Army were hand-in glove,
the prosecution said a deliberate attempt was also made to
conceal Pakistan`s involvement in the attack that claimed 166
lives.
Maharashtra State Home Minister R R Patil and Minister
of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe witnessed the court proceedings
for some time.
"The attackers were given fake identity cards under
fictitious Indian names. One of the terrorist Imran Babbar had
contacted a TV news channel and had claimed that he was from
Hyderabad in India," Nikam argued.
PTI
