Islamabad: Ajmal Kasab, hanged for role in Mumbai attacks in India, was still alive, his former teacher said. Mudassir Lakhvi — the headmaster of a primary school in Faridkot where Ajmal Kasab studied for three years — told the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi that Kasab could be brought to the court if required.
The headmaster presented the educational records and stated that the person whose record was submitted was alive and could be produced in court if needed. He had brought along with him records containing information on Ajmal Kasab’s school admission and exit which was already submitted in the court.
Asked about his last contact with Kasab, he said that he had met him a few days earlier. He further said that he did not know the Ajmal Kasab who was hanged in India. At least 10 heavily-armed men took siege of the Indian financial hub city of Mumbai in November 2008, killing at least 166 people in a three-day onslaught.
The siege ended after the army was called in, killing all attackers except for lone surviving gunman, Ajmal Kasab. India had blamed Pakistan-based-militants for orchestrating the attack.
Initially Pakistani authorities had denied Indian claims of Kasab being a Pakistani national but had later confirmed that the only surviving attacker belonged to Pakistan.
Ajmal Kasab was later hanged in November 2012 in a Pune jail.
