Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Thursday demanded that the
lone terrorist caught alive for the Mumbai terror attack,
Ajmal Amir Kasab, be hanged.
As a symbolic protest, Sena workers hanged Kasab's effigy
outside party headquarters Sena Bhavan in central Mumbai as
the city paid homage to the victims of the terror attack on
its first anniversary today.
Thousands gathered at the venue, creating traffic jam in
the busy Dadar area for an hour, as the effigy was hanged in
the presence of Sena executive chief Uddhav Thackeray.
"Common people have suffered a lot due to the attacks and
Kasab should be hanged like this," Uddhav said.
Criticising the Government for not disposing the bodies
of remaining nine terrorists, kept in a local morgue, Uddhav
said the bodies should be declared "national wealth."
Uddhav accused the Government of not giving adequate
compensation to the victims of the terror attack last year.
"It is Sena's responsibility to give justice to the families
of the martyrs and we will support them," he said.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 27, 2009, 00:08