Mumbai: Pakistan army was involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and a serving Major General had supervised their training across the border at LeT camps, the prosecution told a special court in Mumbai.
Opening its final arguments in the case, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist, and his nine slain accomplices had undergone military and intelligence training at the hands of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which was supervised by certain officers of the Pakistan army.
"The conspiracy of the 26/11 attack was hatched on Pakistan soil and inevitable inference can be drawn that the attack was State-sponsored," he said.
"Kasab in his confession has said one Major General was present during their training and had supervised them. The name of the Major General was deliberately not revealed to the attackers as he occupies a senior position in the army," Nikam said.
Alleging that the LeT and the army were hand-in glove, the prosecution said a deliberate attempt was also made to conceal Pakistan's involvement in the attack that claimed 166 lives.
Maharashtra State Home Minister R R Patil and Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe witnessed the court proceedings for some time.
"The attackers were given fake identity cards under fictitious Indian names. One of the terrorist Imran Babbar had contacted a TV news channel and had claimed that he was from Hyderabad in India," Nikam argued.
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