By IANS,
Mumbai : Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab and nine others launched the four-day terror siege of Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008. On Wednesday, nearly four years later, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to Kasab, the only Pakistani gunman caught alive. From then to now, a timeline:
2008
Nov 26: Kasab and nine Pakistani gunmen launch a bloody attack on multiple locations in south Mumbai
Nov 27: At 1.30 a.m., Kasab caught and placed under arrest, admitted to Nair hospital
Nov 29: Kasab gives statement to police, confesses role
Nov 29: All places under siege secured after 60 hours, nine terrorists killed
Nov 30: Kasab confesses before police
Dec 27/28: Identification parade held
2009
Jan 13: M.L. Tahaliyani appointed 26/11 special judge
Jan 16: Arthur Road Jail selected for Kasab’s trial
Feb 5: Kasab’s DNA samples match with articles seized from fishing boat, Kuber
Feb 20/21: Kasab makes confession before Magistrate (Miss) R.V. Sawant-Wagule
Feb 22: Ujjwal Nikam appointed special public prosecutor
Feb 25: Chargesheet against Kasab, two others filed in Esplanade Metropolitan Court
April 1: Anjali Waghmare appointed Kasab’s lawyer by the special court
April 15: Trial in 26/11 case commences
April 15: Anjali Waghmare removed as Kasab’s lawyer
April 16: S.G. Abbas Kazmi appointed Kasab’s lawyer
April 17: Kasab’s confession opened in court, he retracts
April 20: Prosecution charge Kasab on 312 counts
April 29: Kasab is major, say experts after lawyer claimed he was juvenile
May 6: Charges framed, Kasab charged on 86 counts, denies charges
May 8: First eyewitness deposes, identifies Kasab
June 23: Non-bailable warrants issued against 22, including Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi
June 25: Kasab suffering from ulcers, court told
July 20: Kasab pleads guilty before Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani
Nov 30: Abbas Kazmi removed as Kasab’s lawyer
Dec 1: K.P. Pawar officially takes Abbas Kazmi’s place
Dec 16: Prosecution completes case in 26/11
Dec 18: Kasab denies all charges
2010
Feb 11: Shahid Azmi, lawyer of one of the 26/11 accused, shot dead in Kurla
Feb 22: David Coleman Headley issue crops up in court
Feb 23: Final argument to begins from March 9
March 31: Special court fixes May 3 as date of judgement
May 6: Kasab sentenced to death by 26/11 court
June 8: Amin Solkar, Farhana Shah appointed lawyers for Kasab to appear in high court
Oct 18: Kasab’s death sentence confirmation/appeal hearing to commence in high court
Oct 19: Kasab throws tantrums, wants to attend court in person, spits at camera and says “send me to America”; judges warn him to behave properly
Oct 21: Kasab reiterates before his lawyers that he wants to come to court personally
Oct 25: High court judges views CCTV footage purportedly showing Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail in terror acts.
Oct 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies death sentence awarded to Kasab by trial court
Oct 29: Kasab confused trial court by taking frequent U-turns, argues Nikam
Nov 23: High court judges once again watch CCTV footages of Kasab and Ismael
Nov 25: Kasab’s lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument, says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in 26/11 case
Nov 30: Solkar argues that charge of “waging war against nation” was not made out against Kasab
Dec 2: Kasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy, his lawyer says. Adds that dinghy could not accommodate 10 people
2011
Jan 17: Court reserves judgment till Feb 7
Feb 7: Bombay High Court sets Feb 21 as judgment date
Feb 21: Bombay High Court upholds death verdict on Kasab
July 29: Kasab challenges death sentence in Supreme Court
2012
Aug 29: Supreme Court confirms Kasab’s death sentence