Mumbai terror attacks hatched in Pakistan, says Ujjwal Nikam

August 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - The terrorists allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attack case had used an outboat machine, exported from Yamaha Motor Company in Japan to Pakistan, to reach Mumbai, said a representative of the Yamaha company deposing before the special court. The special court is hearing the Mumbai terror attack case, via video conferencing from the FBI office in Los Angeles, which is for the first time that a witness from abroad has deposed via video conference link in a terror-related case in India.

August 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Three United States nationals are likely to give their testimony in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case through video conferencing while two Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) officers are likely to appear before the special court in person here on Wednesday. Two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers are also likely to appear in person to tender evidence, said Ujjawal Nikam, the Special public prosecutor in Mumbai terror attack case.

July 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - The trial of the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks is "important" to prove that Pakistan is a "terrorist state", Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil said here Wednesday. Patil's scathing indictment came on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani in Egypt and two days before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lands in Mumbai.

June 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab has been diagnosed with stomach ulcers and is under treatment inside the jail here, the special court hearing the Mumbai terror attacks trial was informed Thursday. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said 21-year-old Kasab is being currently treated by a doctor of the Arthur Road Central Jail, where he is lodged and where Judge M.

May 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Special Public Prosecutor in the Mumbai terrorists attack case, Ujjwal Nikam confirmed that the trial court has been requested to give its consent to send evidences including the judicial confession of the lone surviving accused of 26/11, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, to the Pakistan Government through diplomatic channel. "We have also moved the court that some of the evidence in the shape of document, which was collected during the course of investigation, will be required to be sent to the Government of Pakistan as per their demands because certain conspirators have already been arrested in Pakistan.

May 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The prosecutors in the Mumbai terror attacks case Monday filed an application seeking non-bailable arrest warrants (NBWs) against all the 35 accused in the 26/11 case, most of whom are believed to be in Pakistan. Besides Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and two Lashkar-e-Tayiba activists Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Mohammed, who have been arrested, the names of the 35 other accused figure in the 11,500-page charge sheet filed by Mumbai Police in the case.

April 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - A special court here today ruled that Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is not a minor. The court ruling was based on ossification and blood tests submitted to it.

April 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - The police Monday filed before a special court 312 draft charges against 47 terrorists, including 35 Pakistanis and Ajmal Amir Kasab, accused in the Mumbai terror attacks. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that among the accused are the nine terrorists who were killed in the 60-hour gunbattle Nov 26-28, 2008 with security forces at various places, and the nabbed Lashkar-e-Taiba activists of India, Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, who are facing trial with Kasab.

April 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivour attacker of Mumbai terror attacks, and his associate Ismail Khan were also planning to attack the Raj Bhavan but could not succeed as they were overpowered by police at Chowpatty area of Mumbai. Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Monday said that a map showing locations such as Chowpatty, Malabar Hill and Raj Bhavan was recovered from Ismail's pocket.

April 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivour of Mumbai terror attacks, has confessed that he and his associate were also planning to attack the posh Malabar Hills area of the city. Located in south Mumbai, Malabar Hills is home to Maharashtra's top officials and businessmen.

April 18th, 2009 FBI agents to testify at Mumbai attacks trialMUMBAI, India — More than 100 witnesses, including U.S. FBI agents, will testify at the trial of the man police say is the only surviving gunman in the bloody Mumbai siege, Indian prosecutors said Saturday.

April 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivour of Mumbai terror attacks, has retracted his confession, saying he was forced to confess under duress. SG Abbas Kazmi, who was appointed Kasab's lawyer, had earlier claimed that he was a minor and that the trial should be held in a juvenile court.

February 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - The chargesheet against the lone captured terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, will be filed before the court of the metropolitan magistrate here by 3 p.m. Wednesday, said Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

February 13th, 2009 PANAJI - Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested in the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks, will be charged early next week, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here Saturday evening. Speaking as the chief guest at a function organised by a charitable institution in the city, the high profile prosecution lawyer said the state had gathered enough evidence to show that Kasab, the only surviving terror suspect, had been a part of the criminal conspiracy hatched in Pakistan to orchestrate the terror strikes at pre-decided sites in Mumbai.

February 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Two Indian nationals have been arrested and at least 16 others are wanted for the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks, Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said Thursday evening. 'Some Indians have been accused of giving support to the terrorists, including conducting the reccee of the targeted sites and providing logistics support,' Gafoor told the media at his office here.