Mumbai: A forensic expert today said DNA
samples taken from articles recovered from the car used by
26/11 terrorists matched with the genetic footprints of slain
terrorist Abu Ismael.
The samples were taken from a weapon, blood and jacket
belonging to Ismael collected from the stolen Skoda car, the
witness told special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
The expert further said that DNA samples taken from
terror sites --- Nariman House, Hotel Taj and Hotel Oberoi
--- had also matched with those of slain terrorists.
The prosecution would tomorrow examine a witness whose
father died when a bomb exploded in a taxi.
Lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab and slain terrorist
Abu Ismael had planted a bomb in a taxi which they left at
CST.
The same taxi was hired by an advocate who did not board
a Hyderabad-bound train because of terror strike at CST and
decided to go to his daughter's house at Kandivali. The bomb
exploded near Vile Parle in which the taxi driver and the
advocate was killed.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, September 01, 2009, 19:42