Mumbai Terror Attack Kasav's Father Recognises him

Pakistan Demanding Consular Access to Ajmal Kasav, Pakistan is demanding consular access to the sole surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasav who is currently under custody till December 24, 2008. Meanwhile, there are reports of unusual activities from Kasav's village. The people of his village are saying that some security officials had come and taken away Ajmal's family. For the last one week activities of government security officials have increased significantly in their village.
Sources in the Indian government have said that India has not yet received any official request from Pakistan for consular access to Ajmal Kasav, the lobe surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attack.

As per a bi-lateral agreement, prisoners like Kasav who are arrested on security issues need not be given consular access, the Pak permanent representative to the UN.

Though LeT and JuD may disown him, the father of the lone Pakistani gunman arrested for the Mumbai terror attacks has admitted that the young man whose picture was beamed by media across the world, is his son.

Amir Kasav, the father of Ajmal Amir Kasav, broke down as he made the admission to the influential Dawn newspaper in the courtyard of his house in Faridkot, a village of about 2,500 people in Okara district of Punjab province.

"I was in denial for the first couple of days, saying to myself it could not have been my son... Now I have accepted it. This is the truth. I have seen the picture in the newspaper. This is my son Ajmal," Amir said in his first interview to the media since his son's arrest.

The revelations in the Pakistani media come after Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nationa Abdullah Haroon told TIMES NOW that Pakistan wanted consular access to Ajmal Kasav. He also went on to say that India needs to cooperate more with Pakistan to do a joint investigation and crackdown on terrorism. He wants India to share more intelligence instead of trying to bring holes in each others thinking.

Britain's Observer newspaper and BBC had earlier reported that Kasav belonged to Faridkot and had joined the Lashker-e-Taiba some time ago. The Observer's correspondent had located Kasav's home and got hold of the voters' roll which had the names of his parents Amir Kasav and Noor as well as the numbers on their national identity cards.

Reports had said that Iman left home as a frustrated teenager about four years ago and went to Lahore in search of a job. After a brush with crime in that city, he reportedly joined the LeT.

Amir Kasav, a father of three sons and two daughters, said his son disappeared from home four years ago. "He had asked me for new clothes on Eid that I couldn't provide him. He got angry and left," he said.

As Amir was talking to the Dawn's correspondents, Kasav's two sisters and a younger brother stood by. Their mother, wrapped in a 'chador', lay on a nearby charpoy. "Her trance was broken as the small picture of Ajmal lying in a Mumbai hospital was shown around. They appeared to have identified their son. The mother shrunk back in her chador but the father said he had no problem in talking about the subject," the newspaper reported.

Amir said he had settled in Faridkot after arriving from the nearby Haveli Lakha many years ago. He owned the house the family lived in and made a living by selling 'pakoras' in the streets of the village.

He pointed to a hand-cart in one corner of the courtyard and said, "This is all I have. I shifted back to the village after doing the same job in Lahore. "My eldest son, Afzal, is also back after a stint in Lahore. He is out working in the fields."

Faridkot is located off a busy road and bears all the characteristics of a lower-middle class locality in a big city, the newspaper reported. Amir said he had little say in Iman's life since the day his son walked out on him. He calls the "people who snatched Ajmal from him his enemies but has no clue who these enemies are".

Asked why he did not look for his son all this while, he said: "What could I do with the few resources that I had?" Though mild-mannered, Amir became agitated at the "mention of the link between his son's actions and money".

Media reports had said that Kasav's handlers had promised him that his family would be compensated with Rs 150,000 after the completion of the Mumbai mission. "I don't sell my sons," Amir said.

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[freschaa]

Oh my god... u r sooo Funnyy...Now thts called Typical Defensive words used by all Pakistanis..blaming the attacks on the BJP and the RSS..This is called heights of Illusion..Why r all these Pakis sooo Vaccuum in their Brains..Please show some dignity and accept ur citizen who is a part of ur Terror Network

[nashemann]

lmao

you dont believe this report. you wont believe DAN test also...even if DNA matches..you would probably think the DNA test was fake...thats the way we you are hv been programmed. Politicians/Media does that to both...Pakistanis and Indians.

I am surprised to hear that Amir left home just caz his father couldnt buy him new cloths for Eid? thats sad.

[ahmedhusseinny]

Please don't insult Islam with your total lack of intelligence, knowledge, class, background and of course existence. Shame on you.

Allah Hafiz.

[12045669]

agree:D

[usmani849]

The same person when interogated by police have refused his statement and have told that he have been paid for giving such statement.

secondly Interpole is an independent body not running on Pakistan's funds it's cheaf have told the press that indians have no proof. and his statement have came right after his visit to india.

bhai loog open your eyes hum faltuw maen aik dusray ko galiyan day rahay haen jis say kuch nahen huw ga. see the broader picture it is clash of civilization

[codefish2k]

Clearly a story made by the Paki's to give India a bad name. You Islamic fcukers could not fool us with shit stories like this.

[codefish2k]

What a joke? He was captured in Nepal in 2006 but such a scandal was never in the news for 2 years. (show us any news before the mumbai attacks of the kidnapping) But in less than a month they found out everything.

Captured in 2006 for 2 years no news of the kidnapping.

Less than one month after Mumbai attack they found it out.

What a Joke?

[sweetzindagi]

recently in lahore 3 indian agents were caught with 600KG explosive.you mother fuckers are funding third class low degree taliban in pakistan.and what about you information minister saying that we will attack pakistan on 26 december.but very sad you coward hindu's dont even tried.i dont know you third class black face hindu's you people dont have courage to come against any muslim.we pakistani are ready to take you mother fuckers as a prisoners then we will take your ass.just try to cross border

[codefish2k]

His father accepted he is Paki, the villagers accepted he's paki. Nawab Shariff accepted he's paki and the involment of the Paki intelligence. What more evidence do you want?

Keep on denying it. No one's going to believe your lies.

[sweetzindagi]

you mother fuckers involved in our tribal areas.even indian soldiers with thier ids were caught.you coward face hindu mother fuckers we will crush you.then say ram ram fucken satay hai.you mother fuckers have been involved in merit hotel isalamabad.and to get attention even you people killed your own people in mumbai.coward hindu we will fuck you.try to attack pakistan then you will listen how sweet voice comes when ak47 bullet goes in you mata seeta peeta etc

[codefish2k]

What safron bands, see any saffron bands in the video? Marathi and Hindi indeed. Where does it say all that? You heard them speak personally i suppose.

I suppose if they are from Pakistan and they are Muslims they should be wearing Muslim caps with a big beard and a Shirt that says "I am a Pakistan born terrorist."

The Pakistani media itself accepted he is from a Paki village. Why would the RSS want to attack a mumbai hotel and that too wearing a clear saffron band.