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Indian police to charge Mumbai attacks gunman
AFP - Wednesday, February 25
MUMBAI (AFP) - - The sole surviving gunman involved in last year's devastating Mumbai attacks will be charged with murder and terrorism by Indian police Wednesday.
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Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman -- also known as Kasab -- was the only member of the hardline Islamist commando-type unit captured alive during the November 26-29 siege.
A total of 165 people were killed and 308 injured when Iman and nine others, allegedly from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, attacked a string of targets including luxury hotels, a crowded railway station, a cafe and a Jewish centre.
Nine of the attackers were killed, leaving Iman to face alone a massive chargesheet detailing a string of murders, terrorism, conspiracy, weapons and immigration violations.
If convicted Iman, 21, could face the hangman's noose.
"We will file the charge sheet in a city court. It is a mammoth document," Mumbai's joint commissioner of police Rakesh Maria told reporters.
The Press Trust of India news agency quoted public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam as saying the charge sheet runs into "nearly 5,000 pages" and included evidence provided by the FBI, who helped probe the attacks.
Other evidence includes security camera footage of the gunman attacking a railway station, where scores of people died.
Besides Iman and nine other suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, the charge sheet may name around 20 more accused believed to be hiding in Pakistan, an official said on condition of anonymity.
Indian law requires that a charge sheet be filed in court against a suspect within 90 days of detention. Iman was arrested on November 28.
Two other suspected LeT members are also in custody in Mumbai, accused of providing support to the attackers.
The trial is expected to again focus attention on how the gunmen were selected, trained and armed.
Pakistan admitted for the first time this month that the Mumbai strikes were partly planned on its soil, and have acknowledged the surviving gunman is a Pakistani.
Media reports have said Iman is from the poor rural district of Okara in Punjab province.
With the filing of formal charges, however, the Indian judicial system must now grapple with the question of Kasab's defence in the light of a refusal by lawyers to represent him.
India's constitution provides for the right to legal aid and representation, as well as a "fair, just and equitable procedure" in court for any defendant, regardless of nationality.
But the honorary secretary of the Bombay Bar Association, M.P. Rao, told AFP in December that the unprecedented nature of the attacks meant normal rules should not apply.
"He has waged war on the country. If he's waged war, the basic requirement of giving him a fair trial doesn't really become justified," he said.
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