Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case.
Terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, would have died as a Hindu man had Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) succeeded in its plan, claimed former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria in his autobiography.
The revelation was made by Maria in his book ‘Let Me Say it Now' in which he said Kasab carried a fake identity card under the name of Samir Chaudhary, a Bengaluru resident.
While describing LeT's plan to project the 26/11 attack as “Hindu Terror”, Maria wrote, “If everything went according to plan, Kasab would have died as Chaudhari and the media would have blamed ‘Hindu terrorists' for the attack.”
The terror organisation had also reportedly planted fake ID cards with Indian addresses on the terrorists, he mentioned.
On a photograph of Kasab released after the terror attack, Maria mentioned “it was the handiwork of central agencies. The Mumbai Police tried hard to not disclose any details to media fearing for the security.”
In the photograph, Kasab was seen wearing a red thread on his right wrist, which is believed to be a sacred…
