Kasav in police custody till January 19

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 8:01 am

Ajmal Amir Kasav, the lone terrorist arrested for his involvement in the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, was today remanded to police custody till January 19 by a Magistrate court in Mumbai.

Ajmal was remanded for his involvement in the Cama hospital firing registered in the Azad Maidan police station at south Mumbai. However, Ajmal, who had no legal representation, was not produced in the court citing security reasons.

“We argued that we (police) have to investigate about the incident at Cama hospital where the firing took place,” Additional Public Prosecutor E B Dhamal said.

Earlier, Ajmal was remanded in police custody till January 6 by a local court in connection with a case registered in the Marine Drive police station for robbing a Skoda vehicle and threatening the owner of the vehicle with an AK-47 rifle.

In the earlier two cases, his remand had been obtained for interrogation in connection with shooting people at the busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and killing three police officers — Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte — outside Cama Hospital.

Due to security reasons, twice in the past Ajmal was not taken to the court, and prior to regular court hours Magistrate N Shrimangale and Public Prosecutor Eknath Dhumal went to the police lock-up where Ajmal is being kept. A similar procedure is expected to be followed now.

Nine associates of Kasab were killed during the three-day siege, while he was caught alive at Girgaun Chowpatty while trying to escape in a car that he and his associate Ismail Khan had taken at gunpoint.

(Agencies)

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Kasav in police custody till January 19

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