Mumbai: Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist to be captured alive for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, has got a lawyer for his defence.
Anjali Waghmare, a lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, will defend Kasab, the court hearing charges against the terrorist announced on Monday. Trial will begin on April 6 at a special high-security court set up at the Arthur Road Jail, said judge M L Tahiliyani.
Tahiliyani told Kasab that Waghmare would represent him at the trial and another lawyer would be appointed to assist her.
Kasab, who was not produced before the court for security, attended proceedings through video conferencing from the Arthur Road jail.
The court informed Kasab that Waghmare would brief him on April 6. She would also assist him in reading the police charge sheet.
Waghmare was also present during the video conferencing and was introduced to Kasab, who said he had no objection to her appointment as his lawyer.
When asked if he had anything else to say, Kasab said, "I want newspapers." The court told him that his plea could be taken up during the trial.
Kasab, a resident of Faridkot in Pakistan, has been lodged in a high security cell in the same jail. Two other Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives - Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police, will also face trial for allegedly providing support for the terror strikes in which 183 people were killed.
Ansari, who also attended court proceedings through video conferencing, said that he wanted state legal aid only if they would appoint advocates of his choice.
He demanded appointment of one of the three advocates: Sudeep Pasbola, Mubin Solkar or Hyder Ali Momin to represent him failing which he would retain his present advocate Ejaz Naqvi.
However, Sabauddin told the court that he would like to continue with Naqvi as his lawyer.
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