Kasab pleads guilty, then backtracks
In a dramatic development yesterday, the lone captured gunmen in 26/11 Mumbai attack case, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, told the special court that he wanted to plead guilty and accept all charges against him.
However, an hour later after the court reconvened Kasab, after consulting his lawyer Abbas Kazmi, went back on his words informing Judge ML Tahaliyani that he did not wish to plead guilty.
The lone terrorist captured alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks had before the lunch on Friday told the special court that he wanted to plead guilty and accept all charges against him.
"Main sab kabool karna chahta hoon (I want to plead guilty to all charges)," Kasab told Judge Tahaliyani as soon as the court was adjourned for the lunch break.
But his lawyer Abbas Kazmi intervened asking the court to continue with the trial.
Judge Tahaliyani then asked Kasab to discuss his plea with his lawyer and inform the court.
Kasab made the plea when the court was examining a ballistic expert as witness in the case.
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