Ajmal Kasab hanged till death in India
posted on Nov 21, 2012 9:27AM
Ajmal kasab Death: Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist from the 26/11 terror attack, was hanged to death at the Yerawada Jail in Pune this morning, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil on Wednesday said.
Kasab was hanged at 7.30 am, he said. 25-year-old Kasab had been lodged in the Arthur Jail Road ever since he was arrested immediately after the attack in 2008. Kasab was sentenced to death in May 2010 after he was found guilty of a string of charges, including waging war against India, murder and terrorist acts. He was convicted and given capital punishment by the trial court on May 6, 2010 which was upheld by the Bombay High Court on February 21, 2011.