Mumbai, May 06: Political parties in Maharashtra today welcomed the death sentence handed down to Ajmal Amir Kasab in the Mumbai terror attack case and said they wanted to see the noose around his neck soon.
Congress President Kripashankar Singh said Kasab deserved no other punishment except death. “The death sentence should be executed at the earliest”.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) spokesman Shirish Parkar said people expect the judgement to be implemented at the earliest. “We want to see the noose around Kasab’s neck soon.”
Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh too welcomed the sentence, saying it was the “most appropriate” punishment for the henious crime committed by him.
“There can be no other punishment for him,” Deshmukh, who was the state’s Chief Minister when the attacks took place,
–Agencies