Kasab, nine others confined to house for 45 days in Karachi

Mumbai, July 21 (PTI) Lone surviving gunman of the
26/11 terror attack Mohammad Ajmal Kasab has said in his
confession that he and nine other slain terrorists were
confined to a house in Karachi for 45 days where
Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Abu Hamza gave them lessons in
navigating a boat.

Kasab also said that the house in which they were
confined was the same that was shown on a Pakistani news
channel Geo TV after the terror attack.

"Geo Tv ne jo dikhaya tha na 'Aatank ka Ghar'
kehkar..humko wahi par rakha tha dedh mahine ke liye. (The
house shown by Geo TV addressed as the 'House of Terror' was
the same one where we were kept for one and a half months),"
Kasab told special Judge M L Tahilyani.

When the judge asked Kasab how he knew that the house
was shown on Geo TV, he said, "Mujhe pata hai sir. (I know
sir)."

Kasab said that Hamza and one more LeT operative Abu
Kaahfa gave them lessons in navigating a boat and how to
survive on a boat for a week.

"The house was near a creek and we were also given
ammunitions, pistols and guns there in a bag," he said.

After 45 days, Kasab and the others were taken to the
creek and were made to board the 'Al-Hussaini' boat.

Kasab further said that LeT operatives,
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Kaahfa and Hamza were present to see us
off at Karachi. PTI