Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
(Punjabi/Urdu: محمد اجمل امیر قصاب; 13
July 1987 – 21 November 2012) was a Pakistani militant and a member of the
Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist group, through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai
attacks in India. Kasab was the only attacker captured alive by police.
Kasab was born in Faridkot, Pakistan to a family
belonging to the Qassab community. He left his home in 2005, engaging in petty
crime and armed robbery with a friend. In late 2007, he and his friend
encountered members of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, the political wing of
Lashkar-e-Taiba, distributing pamphlets, and were persuaded to join.
On 3 May 2010, Kasab was found guilty of 80
offences, including murder, waging war against India, possessing explosives,
and other charges. On 6 May 2010, the same trial court sentenced him to death
on four counts and to a life sentence on five counts. Kasab's death sentence was
upheld by the Bombay High Court on 21 February 2011. The verdict was upheld by
the Supreme Court of India on 29 August 2012. Kasab was hanged on 21 November
2012 at 7:30 a.m. and buried at Yerwada Jail in Pune.
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