Ajmal Qasab&#39;s mercy petition, addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, has been &quot;rejected&quot; by Maharashtra&#39;s Home Ministry, days after the lone surviving perpetrator of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks set in motion the last option available to save his life. <img alt="Ajmal Qasab" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/Qasab.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 448px; " /> The lone-surviving terrorist of the 26/11 carnage Ajmal Qasab (File pic) &quot;The Home Ministry has rejected Qasab&#39;s petition and has forwarded it to the Chief Minister&#39;s Office,&quot; sources in the home department said. Under the rules, the Chief Minister&#39;s Office would now forward the mercy plea to the Union Home Ministry, which in turn would send it to the Rashtrapati Bhavan with its recommendation. There has been a demand from several quarters for speedy implementation of the apex court order, upholding Kasab&#39;s death sentence. Shiv Sena had recently demanded that President Pranab Mukherjee &quot;summarily dismiss&quot; Kasab&#39;s mercy petition. Kasab had moved his plea earlier this month, over a fortnight after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence. The nearly four-year legal battle launched by the 25-year-old ended on August 29 when the Supreme Court upheld his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 attacks case, saying he killed without &quot;the slightest twinge of conscience.&quot; u00a0

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Maharashtra's Home Ministry has rejected 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Qasab's mercy plea and forwarded it to the Chief Minister's office.

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