MUMBAI, May 5: The 26/11 court has accepted a major portion of the confession given by convicted terrorist Ajmal Kasab in which he talked about the involvement of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayeba and the security apparatus of the neighbouring country in the diabolic attacks.“I have accepted most part of the confession and also held that it was voluntarily given by Kasab and not given under duress as claimed by him,” Judge M L Tahaliyani said while pronouncing the operative part of the verdict on Monday.
Magistrate Sawant Waghule had done her best to explain to Kasab that his confession can go against him in the trial and also gave him 72 hours to ponder over his move to confess voluntarily, the judge noted.“I have rejected Kasab’s plea that his confession was not voluntary and was given under police duress,” the judge said, adding he also dismissed the defence argument that a policeman was present in the magistrate’s chamber when the accused was making a statement.
