Mumbai, November 15: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, given death sentence for his role in the 26/11 attacks, today asked whether the National Investigating Agency (NIA) had registered an independent case against him and that it would soon interrogate him.
In a petition filed before the Bombay High Court, his lawyer Amin Solkar said, “The report indicates that the 26/11 probe, on the basis of which Kasab was convicted, was either incomplete or a denovo (fresh) investigation is on the cards.
“This would amount to double jeopardy and also directly interfere in the case of confirmation of Kasab’s death sentence pending before the high court.”
Justices Ranjana Desai and R V More asked government counsel Ujjwal Nikam to file a reply on November 18 to the issues raised by Kasab.
Kasab’s petition asked “whether NIA, which was set up after the 26/11 attacks, was authorised to conduct investigation and file a charge sheet?…
–Agencies