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Maharashtra govt seeks court nod to send 26/11 papers to Pak

The state government’s petition stated that the documents were sought by Pakistan which was also conducting a trial against seven accused, including Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks.

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The state government, through an application filed on Wednesday, sought the permission of the Bombay high court to send certified copies of documents of evidence in the 26/11 terror attacks case to the government of Pakistan.  

The state government’s petition stated that the documents were sought by Pakistan which was also conducting a trial against seven accused, including Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks.

The documents sought by Pakistan include autopsy reports of 166 persons who were killed in the terror strikes at Hotel Taj, Hotel Trident, CST, Nariman House and Cafe Leopold and the important testimonies of witnesses who deposed against convicted terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 23. 

The entire evidence in the case has been placed before the Bombay high court that is hearing the confirmation case of the death sentence handed out to Kasab. 

The state government’s petition states that the Pakistani investigating agency had requested the Union home ministry for the documents last month. Even at the stage of trial the government had sent documents to Pakistan twice. According to the provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code of Pakistan, the evidence adduced against Kasab can be used against other accused in the trial as well.    

Justice Ranjana Desai and justice RV More said that the case is very sensitive and sought the assistance of additional solicitor general DJ Khambata and advocate general RM Kadam and adjourned the case till December 7. 

Meanwhile, defence advocate Amin Solkar argued that the prosecution had not proved the seizure of MV Kuber, the Indian trawler on which the terrorists arrived, before the trial court. The prosecution had not submitted photographs of the trawler as it was seized and claimed that it was found with various articles, nor examined the panch witnesses who were present.

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