Hang Kasab 100 times: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray demanded the public execution of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab arrested in the recent Mumbai terror attacks, in a hard-hitting editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna. Thackeray said that there was no need for Kasab to be put on trial as his involvement in the terror attacks is clearly visible. Kasab should be hanged publicly outside the Taj hotel and in front of the Gateway of India, he continued. Why should the alleged terrorist Kasab be given the opportunity of legal defense and present his side of the story, Thackeray asked in the editorial.

Lawyers here are of the view that if Kasab has to be hanged, then the legal procedures of the country have to be followed. “What evidences are being collected against Kasab and what investigations and talk of legal procedures are being talked about,” Thackeray questioned.

“The entire world has seen the human massacre committed by Kasab and his colleagues. The terror acts committed by Kasab and other terrorists were captured on the television and still cameras. This is enough evidence, and does not warrant trial of the terrorists,” Thackeray said.

The Sena chief warned lawyers that if they tried to represent Kasab in the courts, then the Sena workers would not spare them and teach them a lesson. Thackeray also blasted the state additional chief secretary, Chitkasala Zutshi, and the state director general of police, Anami Roy, saying that due to their inefficiency and negligence the terrorists had dared to attack Mumbai.
— With input from agencies