Kasab on Bin Laden’s death: ‘Toh main kya karoun?

Mumbai attacks gunman reacts to news of Bin Laden's death. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

Ajmal Amir Kasab, a Pakistani convicted in 26/11 terror attacks, was not aware of Bin Laden’s death till the jail staff told him how the al Qaeda chief was killed in a US operation, The Times of India reported on Thursday.

When jailors told Kasab about Bin Laden’s death, he replied: “Toh main kya karoon?” (So, what can I do?)
Soon after, he had a volley of questions for the jail staff: “Is he really dead? Who killed him? Where was he killed? Was he alone then?” He seemed desperate to know about Bin Laden’s death, said a jail source.
Kasab is lodged in a high-security cell in Mumbai Central prison. He cannot talk to anyone. He overheard the jail staff while standing near the door of his cell.
The policemen had a Marathi newspaper. They gave it to Kasab when asked for it, said the source. Though he could not read the Marathi newspaper, he looked at it closely. Kasab was caught on November 27, 2008 at Mumbai’s Girgaum Chowpatty. He is lodged in a 6×10 feet cell away from other prisoners.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2011.

Ajmal Amir Kasab appeals sentence: source

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab. — Photo by AP

NEW DELHI: The lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead has approached the Indian Supreme Court asking for his death sentence to be overturned, a court source told AFP Friday.
The source said the request by Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab had been filed via jail authorities in Mumbai, where he has been held since the attacks, and lodged with the secretary general of the court.
“He filed the appeal through the Arthur Road jail authorities,” the source said, asking not to be named.
Pakistani national Kasab was convicted and sentenced by a trial court in Mumbai and the death sentence was confirmed by the state high court.
India has the death sentence for the “rarest of the rare” criminal offences.