Kasab’s confession reflects clear Pak involvement

The lone surviving terrorist of 26/11 Mumbai attacks Ajmal Kasab has confessed his guilt. His confession has caught even the defence lawyer off guard while the prosecution lawyer has described his confessional statement as his yet another ploy. Though there is ample proof about the involvement of Pakistani nationals in 26/11, the Kasab’s confessional statement before the special court has exposed the misdeeds of Pakistan. Kasab is one of the 10 terrorists sent off from Karachi on a ship boat through sea route to Mumbai to carryout their evil design on the commercial capital of India in which 170 innocent persons lost their lives. The Pakistan-based dreaded terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) plotted the 26/11Mumbai attacks under the supervision of its Chief and founder Hafiz Saeed. When India accused Hafiz Saeed of his involvement in the Mumbai attacks and produced sufficient evidence and launched diplomatic offensive that brought Pakistan under pressure to detain Hafiz Saeed. Under international pressure, he was put under house arrest but when the pressure eased on it , the Pakistani law court set him free because of the absence of concrete evidence about his involvent in the Mumbai attack as chief conspirator, it set him free.Pakistan deliberately did not produce the concrete evidence that Pakistani prosecutors could prosecute Hafiz Saeed. Presently, Hafiz Saeed is the Chief of Jamait-Ud-Dawa, the front organisation of LeT. It was founded in 2002 when the LeT was banned after 9/11. Kasab has given the detailed account of how the mumbai attack was carried out by 10 Pak-sent terrorists and how they were trained by LeT commander Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi and others to carry out evil design on Mumbai. What will be the legal implication of Kasab’s implication is a matter of law court but it has exposed Pakistan's naked complicity in terrorism against India before the international community. Pakistani territory has been freely used by terrorists outfits like LeT and JeM for terrorist activities against India, though Pakistan may be busy fighting against the Taliban.The surviving 26/11 terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab has reportedly told the special court that his decision to admit his guilt was not to seek mercy or escape death penalty. He is also reported to have said that he has not confessed to his guilt under pressure. The sudden change of heart on the part of Kasab that has made him so repentent of his heinous crime is a matter of conjecturs but one thing is clear that he has exposed Pakistan before the international community. His minute details about the preparations of Mumbai attacks leaves no in doubt about Pakistan's key in fomenting terrorism in India.Kasab told special judge M L Tahilyani that he had not made the confession seeking any mercy or to escape death penalty.The prosecution had earlier sought the court to verify whether Kasab was aware of the consequences of his confession.Judge Tahilyani said the court had taken all precautions to ensure that the confession made was voluntary and without external influence.Ajmal Kasab said that his mandate was to open fire indiscriminately at CST and take people “hostage” on the upper floor, as the special judge for the Mumbai attack trial weighed three options on how to treat the confession of the lone surviving gunman pleading guilty. One thing that clearly reflects his confessions that he wants to establish his innocence and the crime he committed was on instruction from the Pak-based trainers. India can use Kasab's confession a weapon in its diplomatic armoury to launch diplomatic offensive against Pakistan. His confession also can bring his country under obligation before the international community to stop using its territory for terrorism against India. Kasab may have made confessional statement to give a new twist to the trial, but it appears to be credible. The confessional statement may have been made to portray himself as innocent but Pakistan has been exposed.