MUMBAI, Aug 12:
Key 26/11 attack handler Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal today made a confessional statement before a magistrate here in which he is understood to have given a deep insight into Pakistan-based Lashkar-e- Toiba terror group’s role in the 2008 Mumbai strikes.
30-year-old Jundal, who has been confronted with Ajmal Kasab—the lone surviving Lashkar terrorist in the Mumbai terror attacks, was produced before a metropolitan magistrate in his chamber, official sources said. Besides the two, a court clerk was also present during the proceedings.
Jundal, who is a prized catch in the case, had made a verbal plea before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate P S Rathod that he wanted to make a voluntary confession about his role in the attacks.
The magistrate had explained to Jundal the procedure with regard to recording confession under Section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code and also informed him that his confessional statement could be used against him, the sources said.
After being produced in the court today, the magistrate asked Jundal again if he had thought over his decision to confess and if he was taking the step voluntarily, to which Jundal replied in the affirmative. (PTI)
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