Mumbai Terror-Gunman sentenced to death
The sole surviving gunman from the Mumbai terrorist attacks must hang for his crimes, a judge ruled today.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, 23, of Pakistan, was sentenced to death in Mumbai after he was convicted earlier this week of murder and waging war against India. The three-day rampage by 10 gunmen in 2008 killed 166 people.
Kasab cried in the dock as the judge passed sentence. The death penalty in India is carried out by hanging.
But there are a number of barriers to his execution, not least of which that India has no executioner. Nata Mullick, who carried out the country's last hanging in 2004, died last year. Executions are so rare that no one has been appointed to replace him.
Before the 2004 hanging of a child rapist, there had been no executions for nine years. Part of the reason for that is the complexity of the legal system: Kasab's conviction must first be confirmed by the high court, and he can then appeal to the supreme court, and ultimately to the president for clemency.
There was little sympathy around the country for a man described by the prosecution as "a killing machine". Many survivors and relatives of the victims had already called for Kasab to receive the maximum sentence.
Madhavi Karandikar, who was dining in the Taj hotel when the gunmen burst in, said she thought the death penalty was the only option.
"I will not forgive a man who throws a stone at my dog. You think I will forgive a man who kills so many people? No, I will not," she said.
Attention has now turned to the wider question of whether Pakistan is doing enough to prevent terrorist attacks on India, with a widespread feeling that it is not.
Sevanti Parekh, whose son Sunil and daughter-in-law Reshma were killed in the Mumbai attacks, said Kasab's death was not enough.
"I will consider closure when the masterminds who sit across the border are apprehended and dealt with," he said.
The prosecution had argued that if the death penalty was not applied, India would remain a soft target.
Ujjwal Nikam, the special public prosecutor, had repeatedly insisted that death was the only acceptable punishment for a man he variously described as "Satan", "a devil", "a dog" and "a snake in human form".
"Kasab killed people with design, without mercy. He and [fellow gunman] Abu Ismail were responsible for killing 72 people, including 14 policemen, and the victims were helpless, defenceless and there was no provocation," he argued.
"They [the pair] killed without discretion or distinction, young or old, Hindus, Muslims, Jews and Christians."
Judge ML Tahaliyani rejected the defence argument that Kasab was a pawn who had been brainwashed into taking part in the attacks and that he should be given the chance to reform. He passed the death sentence on four charges, and life imprisonment on six more.
After today's sentence, there are 52 people on death row in India.
Nikam has secured a total of 38 death sentences in cases he has prosecuted.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/06/mumbai-terror-attacks-senten...
u guys are so pathific
vic and jai kerala ( Gods own country )
Na Pajju....FU explained our GREAT judicial system in the very first post.......We do respect Human Lives even tough he killed us thousand TIMES... :('
Rajiv Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi's killers are still alive :('
Mera Desh Mahaan!
Jai Hind
Jai Maharashtra
Jai Mumbai
it will take another 15 years .. am sure he will get bail from supreme court .. bloody politics
It is really so painful and unfortunate........to be hanged until death! Nobody was sentenced to death / hanged in Maharashtra in last 15 years.
But Kasab and all convicts involved deserves much more painful life then that easy death!
@ WC2010,you weren't listening during history class were you?...bad boy,so quick history lesson little boy,your whole nation or at least the whole of your armed forces did attempt to do exactly that...four times...& lost badly & had to retreat...all four times...& no i'm neither kidding nor 'woundering',these are the facts...deal with it...
take it easy guys, we r not going to attack u for real, lol .. get a life buddy :P
WK ..this guy WC is born after 1999 ..., thats when they lost the third and last one at Kargil..try agin dude..lol
u guys wanna lock this thread ? :P
Khawaga I don't fight with words, talk is cheap :)
WK: he called you "little Indians." I think them's fightin' words!
Yes WK. I was totally freezed for a while. Thanks WC2010, now I am ok.
Can someone explain to WC2010 about sarcasm :-/
you r welcome WT. tell ur other little indians to relax as well.
Oh yes I was really scared for a while there. Thanks WC for telling you are not going to attack, now I breathe easy.
take it easy guys, we r not going to attack u for real, so just chill and relax and let the fear go, i was just kidding and woundering
WC2010 they did, thrice..rest is history , check it out.
Incidentally this is Judge Tahliyani's first death sentence in his career of over 10 years.
WC2010 stop woundering whatever that means and come over, sure you will get a warm reception and get some facts right as well.
6-7 Pakistanis and 15 days? Dear friend from where you get these figures? If they whole Pakistan nation decided to attack India, we all Indians will support. Good luck
Alhumdullilah 72 sects will go to hell, alhumdullilah
I m not killers sister in Islam
6-7 Pakistanis went to india, captured a hotel, ruled mumbai and killed many people and the indian authorities, police, army etc were not able to kick them out for 15 days!!!. what will happen if the whole Pakistani nation decides to attack india? just woundering ;)
FS...thanks.
Iike to see his pain. Like to see his painful death, for the innocent people he killed.
Why yo leaving? boora laga kya? poora le le yaar :-P
you needa be a little more graphic... don't leave it up to the public, say what you wanna see happen to him :-D
Let Mumbai public to punish him. They will make him pieces within seconds. Is it ok..?
Why Me ? :(
Dont blame me for no reason...:(
ok m out !!
right on... me like that one!
lets see how many great minds here think alike ;-)
he should be impalled on a rod and left in the open.What say?
Its Rizks who always start out of place pervert comments on all the threads! and lots of people to entertain him posting such idotic comments...
Ajmal Kasab, who was awarded death sentence on five counts in the 26/11 terror attack case, broke down after hearing the sentence.
As special judge M L Tahilyani was reading out the sentence, Kasab was seen sobbing. He asked for a glass of water during the pronouncement.
After the sentence was read out, the Judge explained it to him in Hindi that he had been given death penalty on five counts and whether he wanted to say anything.
But the Pakistani gunman simply shook his head after which he was taken away by the police back to jail.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kasab-breaks-down-in-court/615899/
WK i dont think anyone has hijacked this topic.
Everyone is givin their wicked and cruel pushimnent ideas for the culprit.
Hanging, be it public or private, is painless coz the accused are always drugged and unaware of what is going on.
He should feel the pain and cry out in agony... suggestions welcomed ;-)
This thread shouldn't have been hijacked, Can the Mods just filter out comments. Thanks.
The comments of hijackers and the people posting about the thread is like watching ekta kapoors serial between commercials...:)
while mincing meat is very important. I hope he wears a crotch gaurd next time.
ok WK, point noted.
NEXT
Khanan bhai, we are infact discussing very seriously here...:(
He should be hanged in public and it should also be televised live on TV.. Every mo-fu**er who thinks he can walk up and start shooting innocent people should get the message.
seriousness on this thread...
Ahhhhh....bloody hijackers..:)
Nothing well lessen the pain and loss of the victims due to this insane...
FU, Pajju was trying to make Minced meat in the machine and accidently his organs came in the middle and tatz it....:(
So sorry for u Mr. Pallu...:(
where we are guys..????????
lol FU u poda :P
How did it happen? You must have put it in the wrong place.
*sigh* few infuriating specimens on QL....lol
Rizks its allready choopped No Use :P
know it already or should I start a thread? Did you tell your wife about all the others whom you have been tormenting??? lol
Pajjus body organs shall be choopped at once...:)
lol Fu ^%&^%&$% my wife around n QL :P
have been tormenting women around the globe. He must be stopped at all cost.
lol FU tatz true !!
Thankz dramana.
now that is news to me :-)
No problems at all Rizks, carry on......
pervert on QL and also in Qatar. :P
ok we're planning to cut off his fingers as well and I don't think chilli-powder on those wud've helped ;-)
Bajju - Yeah we're bad, but you're the worst :-P
drmana, when the owner of this thread is himself hijacking his thread -so watz the problem ? :(
Same parts you are planning to cut off
yes drmana this FU colt rizks r bad :P
Which parts? Please be more specific :-)
only the thumb and the fingers at times.
Lol colt45
He deserves the maximum punishment for the brutality. How about red chilli powder on his parts..?
Hijacking is fun guys...but not in every thread:-(
ya it is useful.
Now dont ask me how ?:(
LOL Colt u not leaving any chance for him to enjoy....:)
I think you have not watched too many short short love stories... hmm, haven't you heard of foot fetish?
Im just looking at the options and making sure he don't enjoy ;-)
Is feet useful..?
then i say we maim him and leave him there :-P
lol FU Colt
dont forget guyz, he still has feet...? :(
lol colt u bloody pervert :P
yeh ok now we're in agreement :-D
then...lol
lool Colt.....
It seems these boys openfired in a government maternity hospital where hundreds of just delivered mothers who could barely walk had to run for the safety of their newborn helpless babies. They locked themselves with their babies in darkened rooms for hours together crying for help.........have you heard of devils on earth?
He must be hanged in a public place and allow the Mumbai victims relatives to 'treat' him well before hanging..
He can still use his tongue and fingers if he gets lucky :-P
I think his tool must be cut and he must be left in a naked island. lol
Colt....:(
u cruel man.
Finishing him off in a matter of a few mins is easy. He needs to feel the pain and suffering of what the victims went through.
God damn... I'm switching over to Tom & Jerry starting tonight ;-)
Ok then don't do that, instead cut each vital organ of his and keep them on a table for him to see, starting with his balls!
There ya go, now what?
A life sentence would have been better IMHO. Death Sentence seems to be a lenient one for this killing machine.
Now, as they are going to hang him...it should be in public to make him a deterrent example for others.
He deserves what he got, nevertheless , other youths will realize that terrorism is not a shortcut to make their families rich. If Indian government pardons this man, there will be 100s of uneducated, misguided Kasabs who will openfire at anyone in the hope that their families will have enuff to eat for a life time as payment for the services. I feel sorry for that young boy, but it's like feeling sorry for a begging street urchin. You give him one coin and his master will kidnap thousand more kids for the purpose of begging. May God forgive his soul, but Kasab must die.
He must be stonned to death
Eehh, Colt ur so wicked...:(
Stone the mo-fcuker to his death, or shoot a bullet in him every 30secs until he breathes his last... god damn, am i watching too many of these Jap gory movies :-P
FU, I dont think they can find a loophole in his case. But I dont know how long he can enjoy the royal treatment in jail.
death penalty but this case is different. Going into a crowded place and firing and throwing grenades at innocent men,women and children is the most horrific of all crimes and this guy deserves to be put in prison for life or be hanged.
And till then, as I read, India would be spending approx. Rs.2 lakhs a day to keep him safe and ticking.
his ass is hanged.He might not be hanged at all. Thanks to Indian Judicial system and the loopholes.He might get a presidential pardon even if the Supreme Court ratifies and approves the decision. It's a long way ahead.