Mumbai, May 08: Ajmal Amir Qasab, the terror convict of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, will remain in jail until the Mumbai high court confirms the capital punishment.
Should the death sentence be carried out, “Qasab will be moved out of Arthur Road jail a day before he is going to be hanged,” Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ramesh Bagwe, said on Friday.
The high court is expected to look into all aspects of the case before upholding the sentence. It will also look into whether the case is eligible for capital punishment, he said.
Qasab, a Pakistani national, was charged with murder, waging war against India, as well as conspiracy and terrorism offences. “He should be hanged by the neck until he is dead,” Judge Madan Laxmandas Tahiliyani said on Thursday.
Qasab was the lone surviving gunman from the November 2008 Mumbai carnage, which took the lives of 166 people. Nine gunmen were also killed in clashes with the police.
—-Agencies