The eight-member Judicial Commission from Pakistan, which is here to record the statements of four key witnesses in the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks case, today took down the versions of the investigating officer and two doctors (who had conducted the post-mortem of victims).
The proceedings were held in-camera before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mr S.S. Shinde, for the second day today.
Special Public Prosecutor, Mr Ujjwal Nikam, who headed the prosecution in 26/11 trial, was also present. The commission recorded the statement of Senior Inspector, Mr Ramesh Mahale, who had investigated the terror attacks case.
Sources said that Mr Mahale told the commission how the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, was overpowered by police at Girgaum Chowpatty during the attacks.
Mr Mahale also spoke of incidents in which Kasab had shot at people and policemen, killing some and injuring many others. He also told the commission that Kasab had disclosed his role in the terror attacks voluntarily, and given a confession before a Magistrate here.
Kasab was awarded death sentence by a Mumbai court and his appeal is pending before the Supreme Court.
Later, the commission recorded the statements of the two doctors who conducted the autopsies of 26/11 victims and the nine slain terrorists, before winding up the proceedings.
The commission had yesterday recorded the statement of Magistrate, Mr R.V. Sawant-Waghule, who had taken on record Kasab’s confession soon after his arrest.
Mr Waghule told the panel that Kasab had confessed to his role in attacks and had said that he and nine others had been sent by Lashkar-e-Taiba to unleash terror in Mumbai.