Aim was to expose to Pakistan through Ajmal Kasab: Ujjwal Nikam on 26/11 attacks
26 Nov 2022 12:13:40
Mumbai, Nov 26: "My aim was to expose and show the real face of Pakistan on global platforms through the prosecution of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab," said the special public prosecutor and Padmashri awardee Ujjwal Nikam who handled the case of Ajmal Kasab.
Notably, Ajmal Kasab was a Pak-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist and one of the accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Kasab was the only attacker captured alive by police. At that time, Ujjwal Nikam was appointed as Public Prosecutor for trying Kasab.
Addressing a Panchajanya Mumbai Sankalp event in Mumbai based on the 26/11 terror attacks, Ujjwal Nikam said, "I do not consider hanging of Ajmal Kasab as a victory. But the challenge during the prosecution of Ajmal Kasab was to expose Pakistan. What is real face of Pakistan, who helps it, and what is the infrastructure."
"We only see the face of terrorist but what are the powers hiding behind the face, and how should I bring it in form of evidence and on record, that was the challenge for me about the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks," added Ujjwal Nikam.
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Today, 14 years after the 26/11 attack, all the principal perpetrators are in VVIP custody of the Pakistani deep state with Rawalpindi refusing to give access to even the American FBI forget India.
Pak-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Sajjid Mir, the main handler of the 26/11 attack, out of nowhere came back from being declared dead due to FATF pressure and was apparently sentenced and taken into custody in Pakistan. To date, Pakistan has not given access to murderer Sajjid Mir or revealed his whereabouts. Similarly, LeT’s chief Hafiz Saeed, 26/11 operational commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and group terror financier Abdul Rehman Makki.
Apart from this, China is also helping Pakistan to harbour these terrorists on global platforms. One should remember, China has blocked the designation of Abdul Rehman Makki and Sajjid Mir as global terrorists by the UN 1267 Committee this year.
Since June this year, China has vetoed proposals to designate LeT’s Talah Saeed (son of Hafiz Saeed), Shahid Mahmood, Sajjid Mir, Makki (brother-in-law of Hafiz) and Jaish-e-Mohammed terror leader Mufti Rauf Azhar as global terrorists by the UN 1267 Committee, making a mockery of the global fight against terror. Clearly, for China and its ally state Pakistan, the enemy is India, not terror or terrorist groups based in the Islamic Republic.
In spite of facing hurdles at the UN and terror threats from Pakistan, the Modi government has taken up the issue relentlessly in the UNSC and with its key allies like US, France, and the United Arab Emirates to bring the perpetrators to face the law. Besides, it has also put a full stop to the so-called peace dialogue with Pakistan since the January 1, 2016 Pathankot airbase attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed.