By IANS,
Mumbai : A court here Wednesday extended till Jan 6 next year the police custody of Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Nov 26-29 Mumbai attacks.
Magistrate N. Shreemangle and public prosecutor Eknath Dhumale were present during the brief proceedings conducted inside the Mumbai police Crime Branch lock-up, where Kasab has been lodged under tight security.
It is located within the Mumbai police headquarters at Crawford Market, which is only a kilometre away from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) – one of the 13 locations where Kasab and his nine associates struck on the night of Nov 26.
For the third time in a row since his first remand, Amir was not taken to the magistrate’s court for remand due to security reasons and the media frenzy his appearance may provoke.
Amir’s associates – Bada Abdul Rehaman, Abu Ali, Abu Soheb, Umar, Abdul Rehaman Chhota, Fahad Ullah, Ismail Khan, Nasir alias Abu Umer and Babar Imaran alias Abu Akasha – were killed at different locations during the 60-hour commando operation against them.
Around 170 people, including 26 foreigners, were killed in the terror attacks.