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| Ajmal Kasab hanged, buried at Pune' |
| Ajmal Kasab hanged, buried at Pune's Yerwada Jail
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| INDIA
, 21-November-2012
4:6:27 AM |
| Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 25, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail at 7:30 this morning, in a swift and secret execution.
Kasab was buried inside the premises of Pune's Yerawada Central Jail shortly after he was hanged, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said.
Kasab was informed of his death on November 12 and was moved from his secure cell in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail to Pune two days ago. The Yerwada jail is one of two in Maharashtra equipped to handle execution by hanging.
It was the first time a capital sentence had been carried out in India since 2004.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Pakistan had refused to acknowledge a letter informing of Kasab's hanging couriered as well as faxed to it through its high commission in New Delhi on November 20. (Read) But Press Trust of India reports that Pakistan has rejected this assertion and said the note regarding Ajmal Kasab's execution was "received and acknowledged".
"Our obligation to inform them has been fulfilled," foreign minister Salman Khurshid said. Mr Khurshid said that there was no claim so far for the body from Pakistan. "If there is, we will consider it," he said. (Watch: Salman Khurshid on 26/11 case, Kasab sentence) While it has been established that Kasab belonged to Pakistan, Islamabad has continued to deny it was in any way involved in the terror plot.
Maharashtra government sources told NDTV that the process laid down in the jail manual was followed. Kasab no last wish and he left no will. He was asked whether he wanted to contact his family in Pakistan. He declined but reportedly wanted his mother in Pakistan be told about his death sentence, which the government did through a special letter.
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