Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab on Monday denied his presence at Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus and Cama hospital during the 26/11 attacks, claiming that the photographs showing him and his companion Abu Ismael were morphed.
“Kasab was not at CST or Cama hospital when the places were attacked by terrorists, and his photographs produced in the trial court were morphed,” lawyer Amin Solkar told justices Ranjana Desai and R. V. More of the Bombay High Court, who are hearing arguments on confirmation of Kasab's death sentence.
Kasab did not appear on the screen put up in the court on Monday for video conference link to enable him hear the proceedings from Arthur Road jail where he is lodged.
Photographer's statement
Mr. Solkar said that media photographer Sebastian D'souza, who claimed to have clicked Kasab's pictures at CST, had admitted in cross examination that photographs could be morphed although he stuck to his version that photographs of Kasab and Ismael produced in the court were original frames.
Mr. Solkar argued that Mr. Sebastian had not given the memory card of his camera to police during investigation. Instead, he took out a CD of some photographs and got them developed in a private studio at Fort area of South Mumbai.
Mr. Sebastian neither produced receipt of the studio, nor did he give the name of the shop or its owner.
