Ajmal's police custody extended till Feb 13

Mohammed Ajmal Amir, the lone terrorist to be captured alive during the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, was today remanded in police custody till February 13 in connection with the hijack of a fishing trawler and the killing of its crew.

Additional metropolitan magistrate NN Shreemangale visited the crime branch lock-up at the Mumbai Police commissionerate for the hearing. Additional public prosecutor EB Dhumal was also present.

After leaving Karachi in a ship, the 10 terrorists had hijacked an Indian fishing vessel, Kuber, off the Gujarat coast. They sailed in the vessel and killed the crew on board before casting off around four nautical miles off South Mumbai on November 25, 2008. From there they landed near Colaba in a motorised rubber dinghy.

Later that evening, they attacked 13 locations in Mumbai, including Victoria Terminus, Hotel Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, and Hotel Trident-Oberoi, which finally left over 180 dead and more than 300 injured.

Ajmal was the only terrorist to be captured alive. All his associates were killed in a 60-hour gun battle with security forces.

The Mumbai Police have booked Ajmal in 12 cases pertaining to the terror attacks.