Mumbai, July 14: A special court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab for a CD of CCTV footage showing him and his slain accomplice Abu Ismael firing and throwing grenades outside Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus.
Kasab had pleaded for a CD of the CCTV footage which was exhibited as evidence into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Judge M L Tahaliyani asked Kasab as to why he wanted the CD to which he did not give any answer.
The judge then asked Kasab whether he had a CD player with him in the cell. As Kasab replied in the negative, the court told him that no purpose would be served if he was given the CD because he would not be able to see it.
Kasab’s request for the CD came after special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam made an application seeking permission of the court to view the CCTV footage which captured Kasab and Ismael firing from their AK-47 rifles and throwing hand grenades from a foot-over-bridge outside CST before entering Cama hospital.
The judge would give his ruling tomorrow on viewing the film in the court. Nikam said the film would corroborate the evidence of eye witnesses on the crime allegedly perpetrated by Kasab and his accomplice.
Kasab’s lawyer Abbas Kazmi said no purpose would be served as screening the film in the court would amount to trial by the media.
In another development, Police Sub-Inspector Babasaheb Desai, in his deposition as a witness, said he had conducted a panchnama of the body of slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare.
Karkare had sustained eight bullet injuries. Three bullets were retrieved from his body and sent to forensic laboratory, the witness said adding he was present when the postmortem was conducted.
Another witness, Babu Bhamkar, Sub-Inspector at Azad Maidan police station, said he had conducted panchnama of two victims killed in firing by terrorists.
–Agencies