Mumbai: A Pakistan court declaring Ajmal
Kasab an absconder and issuing a non-bailable warrant against
him have proved beyond doubt that the gunman is a Pakistani
and had taken part in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, special public
prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said today.
"India's stand that he (Kasab) is a Pakistan national
and had not only conspired but also participated in the 26/11
attacks has been vindicated with an anti-terror court there
declaring him an absconder in the case," Nikam told news agencies.
An anti-terror court in Pakistan, trying seven
suspects of the Mumbai attacks, had on Saturday declared 14
people including Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive, an
absconder and issued the warrant. Pakistan is separately
trying 26/11 terror attack accused after India had furnished
proof that the conspiracy was hatched on its soil.
While the trial in Pakistan court has just begun, that
in a special court in Mumbai has reached its fag end.
Asked if non-bailable warrant against Kasab would be
executed, Nikam said, "we too had demanded the accused wanted
in 26/11 attack case but the Pakistan government refused to
hand them over on the ground that no extradition treaty exists
between the two countries. Therefore the question of handing
over Kasab to Pakistan does not arise".
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, November 02, 2009, 21:41