Mumbai, July 23: The lone surviving Mumbai attacker, Ajmal Amir Kasab, has got another surprise for the special court hearing into the case related to 26/11 attack. He has made sketches of two of his mentors and given it to the jailor of Arthur Road Jail, where he is lodged.
The jailor, who received the sketches on Thursday morning, will now hand it over to the court. According to jail sources, Kasab has voluntarily drawn the sketches.
Kasab, who has been singing like a canary about his Pakistani handlers, has apparently drawn sketches of two of his senior Lashkar operatives. According to police sources, the two men are also wanted for their role in the 26/11 attack, however their photographs have eluded the police and Indian intelligence agencies so far.
If the sketches match, it will strengthen further India’s stand seeking action by Pakistan against the terror groups acting from across the border.
During Wednesday’s hearing, Kasab had told Tahiliyani that he had finished drawing the sketches. A few days ago, the judge had approved that Kasab be provided with a pencil and paper to draw.
He worked on the sketches late into the night on Monday and Tuesday. Guards at his high-security Arthur Road jail cell constantly watched him to ensure that he did not injure himself with the pencil
He had on Monday surprised everybody by confessing his guilt and narrating the planning and execution of the attack. A couple of days later, on Wednesday, he again sprung a surprise in the court urging the special judge, M.L. Tahilyani, to award him death sentence.
Meanwhile, the special court conducting the 26/11 terror attack trial will on Thursday give its ruling whether it would accept Kasab’s statement confessing his role in the 26/11 attack. Tahilyani had on Wednesday deferred the court ruling by a day.
Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had argued that the court may accept Kasab’s confession but should allow the prosecution to submit further evidence in the case, as Kasab has not made a full disclosure about his role in the terror attacks.
“The prosecution has to establish before the court why Mumbai was targeted why foreigners were attacked and has to also expose the infrastructure and operations of LeT,” Nikam said adding if granted permission by the court, the prosecution would complete the trial by August-end.
–Agencies