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| Mumbai strike was a plot to capture J&K | | | AGENCIES
Mumbai, Apr 17 : The horrendous attacks in Mumbai last year were aimed at destabilising India and capturing Kashmir and were supported by the Pakistan Army. This shocking revelation was made as the trial of the lone surviving terrorist Kasab began in a special court in Mumbai.
The prosecution charged Kasab with waging war against the country. The prosecution has charged Kasab with criminal conspiracy, waging war against nation and also under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Kasab has been made the prime accused in seven cases and a co-conspirator in five cases.
The prosecution, led by public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam, claimed that the handlers of the Mumbai attackers had asked them to specifically target American, British and Israeli citizens.
“His idea was to wage a war against India and capture Jammu & Kashmir,” Nikam maintained while pleading the special court to dismiss the arguments given by the defence counsel.
Building up his case, the public prosecutor also claimed the involvement of the Pakistani Army in the Mumbai carnage.
Public Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam said that Kasab in his confessional statement before the special court said a "major general" had visited them during their training organised by Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT).
"He disclosed that he got a special pat from the major general for coming first in shooting training and told others who were not up to par to practise more," Nikam told reporters after Friday's hearing in the case related to the terrorist strike.
Kasab wants to retract his confession, claiming it was extracted by torture, his defence lawyer, Abbas Kazmi has said.
"On his instruction, a retraction application has been filed, retracting the so-called alleged confession," said the lawyer, who is defending Pakistani national Kasab.
"He's going to plead not guilty," he added. He quoted Kasab as claiming he had been 'physically tortured'.
Earlier in court, Kasab’s lawyer said that his client had told him that he 'had not even reached the age of 17' when the attacks took place last November. "He is still under 18. In such circumstances he is deemed to be a juvenile and this court has no jurisdiction to try this case," Abbas Kazmi told the trial court.
The court, however, dismissed the accused application that claimed he was a ‘juvenile’.
Public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam rejected the Pakistani national’s submission, saying that in both Kasab's 'confession statement' to the police and on transfer to jail, he had said that he was 21.
"On the day of the incident, November 26, 2008, he had completed 21 years, two months and some 13 days," Nikam said.
"The main objective of conspirators in Mumbai terror attacks was to ultimately capture Jammu and Kashmir... Conspiracy of Mumbai terror attack case was hatched in Pakistan," Nikam added.
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