Hearing on Kasab’s appeal against death begins

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Monday began hearing through video conferencing the appeal by lone 26/11 attack survivor Ajmal Amir Kasab against his death sentence.

In May this year, Kasab was sentenced to death by a Mumbai special court after he was found guilty of waging war against India.

At least 166 people were killed in the Mumbai attacks of Nov 2008, which came to be known as 26/11.

There was heavy security arrangement on the court campus as the two-day hearing started by a division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More.

According to an NDTV report, Kasab has laughed and appeared remorseless in hearings while public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam argued in court that the Mumbai attack was a “classic case of sponsored terrorism, borne out of deep hatred against India.”

Kasab, who was sentenced to death, is lodged in a solitary confinement at Arthur Road jail in the city.

The state government is awaiting the Bombay High Court confirmation on Kasab’s conviction after which he is likely to be shifted to Yerwada jail due to security reasons, police said.