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| Kasab says he was never given training in Pakistan | ||
| 2009-12-23 | ||
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] Ajmal Kasab, who is being prosecuted by the Indian government in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, informed the special court in Mumbai on Tuesday he was never given training in Pakistan. Kasab told the court, which is recording his final statement on the prosecution evidence that he was not a "Jihadi" and had not undergone any training at Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) camp. Kasab said he was a cook with a catering company in "Sara-e-Alamgir" near Jhelum in Pakistan.
"I heard the names of LeT and JuD from the police here. Crime Branch officials had shown the photograph of Lakhvi," Kasab said. When judge, ML Tahaliyani asked if he was introduced to one Maj-Gen Saab at the training camp, Kasab said, "This is absolutely wrong." When special judge referred to his "confessional statement" that Hafiz Saeed had told 30 boys at the LeT training camp that they would have to lay down their lives for liberating Kashmir, Kasab said: "This is absolutely wrong." He said the police had threatened to administer electric shocks to him if he did not give a statement to the magistrate, Kasab said the police had prepared the confession and forced him to recite it. Disowning his confessional statement, he said it was given under duress. "The police had taken Rs2,400 from me on November 25, which I had kept for my return ticket. Those currency notes did not have any marks on them. These notes have something written on them," Kasab said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 He shoulda taken a left at Albakoiky. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-12-23 08:50 |