Describing evidence against him in the 26/11 attacks as "weak", Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab asserted before Bombay High Court that police had not been able to prove beyond reasonable doubt he had killed police officers Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar.
His lawyer, Amin Solkar, harped on trial judge M L Tahaliyani's observation in the verdict that bullets recovered from bodies of Karkare and Salaskar did not tally with the weapons of Kasab and Abu Ismail, though bullets found in police officer Ashok Kamte's body matched with Ismail's rifle.
There was no conclusive evidence to prove that Kasab was present at the spot, near Cama Hospital, where Karkare and two other officers were gunned down and also to show that he had fired at them, Solkar, who concluded arguments on Kasab's appeal against death sentence awarded to him in 26/11 attack case, said.
Solkar said police had tried to connect Kasab with other terrorists, who had created mayhem at Hotels Taj Mahal and Oberoi-Trident, by saying that he too had planted a bomb in a locker at Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus which did not explode.
Similar bombs were planted by others at the hotels. It was the case of prosecution that the pink-coloured thermocol used in packing the bomb at CST was similar to the one used for covering bombs found at Taj and Oberoi, Solkar, assisted by Farhana Shah and Santosh Deshpande, argued.
The police argument was without any strong evidence because pink thermocol can be procured from open market. Such material could have been planted at CST to connect Kasab with other bombs found elsewhere and rope him in the conspiracy, Solkar argued.
Kasab's lawyer countered prosecution's argument that rear windscreen of Skoda car hijacked by Kasab and his partner Abu
Ismael
Photos showing me at CST were morphed: Kasab
Kasab to plead against death penalty next week
Kasab claims he's not part of 26/11 conspiracy
Kasab now says he wasn't at CST
How Kasab is preparing his defence in jail