vIndianz.com (21 Dec, 2009) — Kasab takes back all confessions:
- I wasn’t the one at CST, my look alike
- I don’t know how to use an AK-47
- I came to Mumbai 20 days prior to 26/11 to watch movies
- I came by Samjhauta Express to Delhi with valid passport, visa
- Kasab claimed David Headley was amongst 4 FBI agents who questioned him
Today will be one more day of surprise revelations by Ajmal Kasab, the single surviving terrorist of 26/11, as he continues with his statements in court.
On December 19 Kasab took his individual flip-flops and his testimonies to a complete fresh level claiming that he’d been detained previous to 26/11, to David Headley being part of an FBI team that had interrogated him.
Kasab’s most recent flip-flop
On Friday, Ajmal Kasab took his individual flip-flops and his testimonies to a entire fresh level, claiming not just that he was by no means involved in the 26/11 attacks, but that he was detained 20 days prior to 26/11 – whilst visiting Mumbai with his associates to watch a film.
Two days following the prosecution closed its case, the concentration shifted once again to Mumbai carnage’s single gunman Ajmal Kasab. As the special court in Mumbai started recording his statement under section 313 of the CrPC, Kasab said things that ranged from the apparently implausible to the thoroughly ridiculous.
Kasab told special judge M L Tahaliyani: “I came to Mumbai to watch movies. I came 20 days before the attack. I was arrested from Juhu Chowpatty, released on the evening of 26/11, and then implicated in the case.”
Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama, Kasab, in his three-hour-long statement, appeared self-assured and overconfident, as he had a jam-packed courtroom latching on to his each word. His statement not only disowned all his earlier statements, but added over a pinch of bizarre.
Kasab told the judge that he came to Delhi from Pakistan by the Samjhauta Express, and came to Mumbai from Delhi. He said he was not the terrorist seen in the CCTV footage from CST station – something that he had pompously acknowledged previously facing the same court a few months ago. He too claimed by no means had seen, much less use, an AK-47. However the Pakistani gunman was cut-off mid-way when he said, “Four white men from America had come and Headley…” – leaving the Headley association open to understanding.
What makes the Headley reference surprising is that Kasab has no right to newspapers or the outside world. So, the question is: Does he really know who Headley is or is he simply parroting allegations made by his co-accuser’s lawyers?
“He has retracted his confession, but it won’t have any impact on the case because we have enough evidence to prove it was given voluntarily. Kasab is well trained and a good actor,” Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told NDTV.
For a man who just claimed to know Urdu and Punjabi, Kasab’s statement peppered with English and Marathi words comes as a gunshot in the arm for the prosecution’s claim that he is a insightful and intelligent Lashkar operative.
Kasab’s confessions, retractions:
- February 20: Magistrate records Kasab’s confession
- April: Kasab retracts statement, claims he is a minor
- July 20: Pleads guilty, says “Mujhe gunaah qubool hain” and “If someone feels I have done this for a lesser sentence, hang me.”
- December 18: Retracts confessions again, says were taken under “duress”
- Kasab prosecutor lands into a controversy over 29/11 trial
- Pak court rejects plea to declare Kasab, Ansari fugitives – Times of India
- Pak court rejects plea to declare Kasab, Ansari fugitives – Times of India
- Kasab death sentence: HC to announce verdict on Feb 7 – Times of India
- ITBP security for Kasab may go – The Hindu
- Sentenced to death, Kasab practices karate – NDTV.com
- Kasab to appeal in Supreme Court against death sentence – Hindustan Times
- ‘Kasab’s safety was important’ – Hindustan Times
- Time for Pakistan to come clean – Hindustan Times
- Time for Pakistan to come clean – Hindustan Times
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