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Pak govt ‘sponsored’ 26/11
Tribune News Service

Mumbai, March 9
The November 26, 2008, terrorist strikes that hit Mumbai was the handiwork of the Pakistani government, the prosecution told the special court conducting the trial at the commencement of the final arguments today. “The conspiracy… was hatched on Pakistan’s soil and the inevitable inference (that) can be drawn (is) that the attack was state-sponsored,” special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the court.

Citing the evidence tendered by Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman from the 10 Pakistan-borne terrorists to be taken alive, Nikam said their training was under the supervision of officers of the Pakistan army. “Kasab has said one Major General was present during their training and had supervised them,” the prosecutor said. According to Nikam, the name of the senior officer was kept a secret because he occupied a senior position in the army.

Regarding Kasab, Nikam called him a “lying, conniving, depraved murderer” who attempted to deny his role in the terror attack and after confessing accused the investigating authorities of pressurising him.