Updated On: 23 November, 2012 06:19 AM IST | | Priyankka Deshpande
26/11 terrorist's burial after execution in Yerawada jail sparks row; Birth and Death Registration Office says licence should have been obtained from it for funeral, but prison officials claim such permission not required for bodies interred on jail premises
Ajmal Amir Qasab was executed amidst much secrecy in the Yerawada Central Jail on Wednesday morning after serving four years in Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, giving many a reason to celebrate. His body was buried at an undisclosed location within the jail premises in a hush-hush manner, and this has raised the hackles of senior officials of the Birth and Death Registration Office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in Kasba Peth.u00a0

Raising questions: The Birth and Death Registration Office in Kasba Peth, from where a go-ahead is required to perform all funerals; (inset) Ajmal Qasab, the 26/11 terrorist who was hanged and buried on the premises of the Yerawada Central Jail on Wednesday morning in a top-secret operation