Mumbai: Amidst unprecedented security, the state today opened arguments in the Bombay High Court on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his role in the terror attacks in the city on November 26, 2008.
Government Counsel Ujjwal Nikam, while giving details about the barbaric acts of Kasab and nine others who came from Pakistan to strike terror in Mumbai, said '26/11 attack was act of state-sponsored terrorism and was executed by Lashkar-e-Taiba with the aid of security apparatus of that country'.
The arguments began in court 49 before Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R V More through video conference to enable Kasab hear the proceedings from the Central Jail where he is imprisoned in the high security bomb and bullet-proof cell.