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Indian police want death sentence for Mumbai terrorist
Mar 21, 2009, 8:37 GMT
New Delhi - Mumbai police are seeking the death penalty for the lone gunman captured alive in terrorist attacks on the city in November last year, news reports said Saturday.
Jayant Patil, home minister of Maharashtra state, said police demanded death for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the PTI news agency reported.
Kasab, of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, will face trial for murder and 'waging war against India.'
Two Indian operatives of the group, Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, will also be tried for allegedly giving logistical support to the attackers, the Kolkata-based Telegraph news daily reported.
Kasab was part of a 10-member group that reached Mumbai by sea and laid siege for three days beginning November 26.
Kasab was arrested hours after the assault began and has been in police custody since. More than 170 people including 26 foreign nationals were killed during the siege.
Pakistan, which recently admitted that the attacks were partly planned on its soil, also arrested several militants including the outfit's chief, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, for planning the attacks.
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