This terrorist along with several others sailed across the ocean into India in the month of November, 2008. They clambered ashore in Mumbai and went about their grim business.
We all know what happened on the night of November 26th, 2008.in Mumbai , and how a landmark international hotel went up in flames. Hundreds of innocents fell to the hail of bullets from the terrorists at several places. The entire country stood still and watched in horror as all our best and finest went into combat. A top police officer fell to a bullet of one terrorist. Of the ten or so terrorists who had come, only one survived our retaliation and was captured. Only one.
He was kept in the highest security prison cell after he was revived to face trial. The cost of all the security, just to ensure that this prize prisoner be kept alive till the last, so that we could squeeze as much intelligence out of him as possible, was astronomical. In fact an ex Army General was heard to say that this prisoner, who had waged an act of war against India did not deserve a free and fair trial. He should be stood up against a wall, no questions asked, and taken down as a common vermin, or an enemy of the state.
Though it was clear that our neighbouring country was where they had come from, there were violent denials from them and a lot of posturing between us and them continued endlessly. Years passed while the trial lingered on. Many thought that the prisoner would probably die of old age and natural causes in his cell without ever the trial coming to an end and reaching a finality.
But the trial finally ended. Justice finally did catch up with this animal. The highest court of the land has confirmed the death sentence. Ajmal Kasab shall finally be put to death.
Justice may have been delayed, in the opinion of many. But not eventually denied.
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