Ajmal Kasab hearing adjourned till April 28

MUMBAI: A special court in Mumbai, has ordered a medical test to determine 26/11 terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab's actual age.

The test will be conducted at the Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where Kasab is currently lodged and report will be submitted before the court by April 28. The 26/11 trial is being held in the same jail. Earlier, Kasab's lawyer Abbas Kazmi had claimed that Kasab was only 17, when he was arrested in connection with the Mumbai terror attack on November 26. He sought to transfer the case to a juvenile court, which was rejected by the trial court.

The court has granted more time to Abbas Kazmi to read the 1,100-page chargesheet filed against Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, a resident of Faridkot, Pakistan. The court, while refusing Kazmi's demand for the adjournment of the case for a month, has given him time till May 2 to read the case and come prepared.

Judge ML Tahaliyani, who is hearing the 26/11 trial, also refused Kasab's demand for a copy of the charge sheet in Urdu, saying it would further delay the trial, which is completely unnecessary at this stage.

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