Mumbai, June 10:A ten-year-old girl, rendered disabled during 26/11 terror strikes, today identified in court arrested gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab as one of the two gunmen who had fired indiscriminately at passengers inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Devika Rotawan, the youngest eyewitness to depose in the terror strikes trial, was asked by the court if she could identify the gunman among the three accused present in the dock.
All three accused, including Kasab stood in the dock, and the ten-year-old pointed at the Pakistani gunman. He, however, did not react.
Describing the events on the night of November 26 Devika said, “There was a loud explosion, at that time my father said we should leave and holding me in his arms he started running in one direction while my brother ran in another direction.”
“Just as we were leaving I saw two persons firing at people. I received a bullet injury in my right leg,” she said.
“My leg broke, and blood spilled out,” Devika said. Devika was among three witnesses to depose before the court regarding the terror strike at the CST rail terminus.
Her father, Natwarlal, and a Assistant Police Inspector who were injured in the firing at the terminus, also deposed before the court today.
The ten-year-old, who uses crutches to walk, was assisted by her father in walking inside the courtroom.
She preferred to depose in Hindi as her brother and father looked on.
—PTI–