20 April,2009 06:14 PM IST | | PTI
The prosecution on monday submitted a draft of 312 charges it proposes to be framed against Pakistan national Mohammmed Ajmal Amir Qasab and two Indians, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, facing trial for gunning down 166 persons and injuring another 238 in the terror strike in Mumbai.
Thirty five accused are shown as wanted in the 166-page document of draft charges, submitted by special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to the court.Those wanted include Hafeez Mohammed Saeed, chief of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Abu Hamza.
The accused have been charged under the provisions of IPC, Arms Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosives Act, Explosives Substances Act, Passport (entry into India) Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Railways Act, Customs Act and Foreigners Act.
Prosecutor Nikam said Qasab, Ansari and Sabauddin were charged with murder of 166 persons and injuring 238. Under IPC, they were charged with waging war against India, conspiracy, murder, attempt to murder, causing grievous injuries, wrongful confinement, wrongful restraint and causing mischief by fire.
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While Qasab and nine others committed terrorist acts by gunning down people at various places in Mumbai, Ansari and Sabauddin had prepared maps and handed them over to the LeT in Pakistan following a conspiracy hatched between December 2007 and November 2008.
