WORLD BRIEFING / INDIA
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The first trial in November’s Mumbai terrorist attacks was abruptly adjourned an hour after police pulled a large cloth off the head of the defendant to reveal the blinking, scruffy-bearded Pakistani who police say is the lone surviving gunman.
The presiding judge ordered the much-anticipated proceedings delayed after dismissing the defense lawyer for suspect Ajmal Amir Kasab for a conflict of interest.
Trial Judge M.L. Tahiliyani said legal aid lawyer Anjali Waghmare failed to disclose that she had agreed to represent a victim in a compensation claim case, who is also a witness against Kasab.
Kasab is charged with 12 criminal counts, including murder and waging war against India. The prosecutors’ filing says Kasab and nine other gunmen, who were killed during the siege, are responsible for the deaths of 166 people and the injury of 304 others.
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