Mumbai, October 18
Statements of key witnesses in the 26/11 case in an anti-terror court here will be forwarded by India to Pakistan to be used as evidence in the trial there, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here today.

The court has allowed the prosecution's plea for certified copies of the statements and within a day or two they will be forwarded to Pakistan through diplomatic channels, said Nikam.

The statements of witnesses include deposition of a magistrate before whom the lone captured Pakistani gunman Mohammad Ajmal Kasab had given a voluntary confession of his alleged involvement in the November 26 attacks here.

Besides, the statements would include deposition of foreign nationals and seizures of some articles recovered from terror sites such as hotels Taj and Oberoi and Nariman House, Nikam said.

The magistrate's statement is considered significant as she told the trial court that Kasab had disclosed before her that the conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan by Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives, including alleged mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Laqvi, who is facing trial in a Pakistan court. — PTI