Pak army involved in 26/11 attack: Prosecution

Mumbai, Mar 9 (PTI) The 26/11 trial took a new turn
today with the prosecution stating that Pakistan Army was
involved in the Mumbai terror attacks and a serving Major
General had supervised their training in LeT camps across the
border.

"The conspiracy of the 26/11 attack was hatched on
Pakistan soil...It was a classic case of state-sponsored
terrorism", Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said in his
final arguments which began in a high-security court at
Central Prison here.
Attired in white kurta and pyjama, 22-year-old Ajmal
Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, was seen in the
dock covering his face with a handkerchief most of the time.
Two other accused, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, sat
besides him on a bench.
Nikam said Kasab and the nine other slain terrorists
had undergone military and intelligence training in Pakistan
given by activists of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and
supervised by certain officers of the Pakistan Army.
"Kasab in his confession has said one Major General
was present during their training and supervised the firing
practice. The name of this Major General was deliberately not
revealed to the attackers as he occupies a senior position in
the army," Nikam said.
The Major General had taken keen interest during the
firing practice and even patted Kasab for his good shots at
targets, he said.
Kasab, he said, was a well trained commando and had
also been imparted intelligence training to mislead the court.
He had taken U-turns a number of times by making confessions
and later retracting them, Nikam said.(MORE) PTI SVS
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