Seventeen months after 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba gunmen from Pakistan reached Mumbai by boat and launched the worst terror attack of its kind in India, a special sessions court on Monday found the lone surviving attacker, Ajmal Amir Kasab, guilty of murder, waging war against the country, and criminal conspiracy that led to the death of 165 people and left over 200 wounded.
Kasab was convicted on all the major charges framed against him. He was found guilty of killing seven people including constable Tukaram Omble, who played a crucial role in nabbing him alive.
The court will hear arguments over the sentencing of Kasab tomorrow, and could announce the punishment tomorrow itself. His crimes carry a maximum sentence of the death penalty.
Sitting in the dock next to co-accused Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, Kasab appeared impassive through the proceedings, which lasted for over two hours. He did not raise his head to look around, and even when the conviction was conveyed to him in Hindi by the judge, he just shut his eyes and looked away.
Source: www.indianexpress.com
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