Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi, Dec 22: India summons Pakistan's acting High Commissioner Afrasiab and hands over letter written by Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Iman 'Kasab' to Pakistan government.
In what seems to be another embarrassment to the Pakistani authorities the lone arrested terrorist in Mumbai terror attack has confessed that he and the nine other terrorists in the attack were Pakistanis.
Earlier, Kasab had sought a meeting with the Pakistan High Commissioner to get legal assistance in the case and to ensure that his family gets security in his Faridkot village.
In the letter, Ajmal has asked the Pakistan High
Commission to take custody of the body of fellow terrorist
Ismail Khan, who was killed in an encounter in south Mumbai
the same night.
The terrorist, who is in police custody till Wednesday,
wrote the letter last week and it was forwarded by the Mumbai
police to MEA for handing it over to the Pakistan High
Commission.
Meanwhile, Pakistan High Commissioner has acknowledged to have received letter from Indian authorities and has been checking its facts and details.
Pak receives Kasab's letter
Pakistan government tonight
said it has received a letter written by Ajmal Amir Iman
'Kasab', the lone gunman captured for the Mumbai attacks, and
was examining its contents.
The Foreign Office here said the letter in which
Iman sought legal assistance and a meeting with Pakistani
officials was forwarded to the Pakistan High Commission in
New Delhi by the Indian government.
"This evening the Indian government has forwarded to
the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi a letter from one
'Mohammad Ajmal Mohammad Ameer Qasab' who claims to be a
Pakistani," said a statement from Foreign Office spokesman
Mohammad Sadiq.
"He (Iman) has sought assistance of a lawyer and a
meeting with the Pakistan High Commission. The contents of the
letter are being examined," the statement added.
Sadiq told state-run APP news agency that India's
External Affairs Ministry had handed over the letter.
In New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry officials
summoned Pakistan's Acting High Commissioner Afrasiab and
handed over the letter to him.
Amir Kasab, the father of Iman, has acknowledged to a
Pakistani newspaper that the gunman whose pictures were beamed
around the world by the media was his son.
Residents of Faridkot, Iman's village in Punjab
province, have told the media that he last visited his home
about six months ago, when he had told his mother he was going
away for jehad.