Kasav’s police custody extended till Feb 13

Monday, February 2, 2009 at 8:02 am

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasav, the lone terrorist arrested in the November 26 terror attacks in Mumbai, was on Monday (January 19) remanded in police custody till February 13 in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus firing case.

Kasav has been in police custody since his arrest on the night of November 26 and has been booked in 12 cases by the city police. He was last remanded in police custody on January 19 for his involvement with accomplice Ismail Khan in the shootout at the Cama and the Albless Hospital in south Mumbai.

Meanwhile, Kasav has been remanded in judicial custody in four other cases. The cases are the shootout at Girgaum Chowpatty, the ambush on a police vehicle near Rang Bhavan auditorium in which three senior police officials including Joint Commissioner of Police (ATS) Hemant Karkare were killed, the theft of a vehicle at Marine Drive and the shootout at Cama Hospital.

Kasav, allegedly a resident of Faridkot in Pakistan, has had no legal representation so far and has sought assistance from the Pakistani government. He has so far not accepted legal assistance from local lawyers who have offered to represent him.

Over 180 persons were killed and over 300 injured in the attacks on November 26 by 10 terrorists at locations like the CST, Hotels Taj and Trident and Nariman house. Nine of the terrorists who were involved in the attacks were killed in the subsequent operation by security forces.

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Kasav’s police custody extended till Feb 13

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