Nov 26, 2008 to Nov 21, 2012: Timeline of Kasab case
Pune : Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged here Wednesday for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed. From then to now, a timeline:
2008
Nov 26: Kasab and nine Pakistani gunmen launch a bloody attack on multiple locations in south Mumbai
Nov 27: At 1.30 a.m., Kasab caught, admitted to Nair hospital
Nov 28: Kasab gives statement to police, confesses role
Nov 28: All places under siege secured after 60 hours, nine terrorists killed
2009
Jan 13: M.L. Tahaliyani appointed 26/11 special judge
Jan 16: Arthur Road Central Jail, south Mumbai, selected for Kasab’s trial
Feb 5: Kasab’s DNA samples match with articles seized from fishing boat Kuber
Feb 20/21: Kasab confesses before Magistrate (Miss) R.V. Sawant-Wagule
Feb 25: Chargesheet against Kasab, two others filed in Esplanade Metropolitan Court
April 15: Trial in 26/11 case commences
April 17: Kasab’s confession opened in court, he retracts
April 20: Prosecution charge Kasab on 312 counts
April 29: Kasab is major, say experts after lawyer claimed he was juvenile
May 6: Charges framed, Kasab charged on 86 counts, denies charges
May 8: First eyewitness deposes, identifies Kasab
June 23: Non-bailable warrants issued against 22, including Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi
June 25: Kasab suffering from ulcers, court told
July 20: Kasab pleads guilty before Special Judge Tahaliyani
Dec 16: Prosecution completes case in 26/11
Dec 18: Kasab denies all charges
2010
Jan (Date not disclosed): Bodies of nine Pakistani terrorists disposed of at a secret location near Mumbai, according to Home Minister R.R. Patil
Feb 11: Shahid Azmi, lawyer of one of 26/11 accused, shot dead in Kurla
Feb 23: Final argument to begin March 9
May 6: Kasab sentenced to death by 26/11 court
Oct 18: Kasab’s death sentence confirmation/appeal hearing to commence in high court
Oct 19: Kasab wants to attend court in person, spits at camera and says “send me to America”; judges warn him to behave
Oct 25: High court judges views CCTV footage purportedly showing Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail in terror acts
Oct 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies death sentence awarded to Kasab
Oct 29: Kasab confuses trial court by taking frequent U-turns
Nov 25: Kasab’s lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument, says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in 26/11 case
Nov 30: Solkar argues that charge of “waging war against nation” was not made out against Kasab
Dec 2: Kasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy, his lawyer says. Adds that dinghy could not accommodate 10 people
2011
Feb 21: Bombay High Court upholds death verdict on Kasab
July 29: Kasab challenges death sentence in Supreme Court
2012
Aug 29: Supreme Court confirms Kasab’s death sentence
Sep 16: Through Arther Road Central Jail, Kasab files mercy plea, sent to Maharashtra government
Oct 16: After Maharashtra government rejects Kasab’s mercy plea, placed before Indian home ministry
Oct 23: Home ministry rejects Kasab’s mercy plea
Nov 5: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Kasab’s mercy plea
Nov 8: Kasab file sent to Maharashtra government for further action
Nov 19: In a top secret operation, Kasab shifted to Pune, 48 hours before the hanging.
Nov 21: Kasab hanged and buried inside Yerawada Central Jail