26/11 case: All procedures followed before arresting Faheem Ansari, says prosecution

Continuing arguments in the appeal against Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, acquitted in the November 26 terror attacks, the prosecution today submitted documents pertaining to the arrest of the duo.

Government counsel Ujjwal Nikam told the Bombay high court that all requisite procedures had been followed before arresting Ansari and Ahmed and transferring them from a jail in Uttar Pradesh, where they were lodged in connection with another case.

The documents include the statement of Ansari's childhood friend Nuruddin Shaikh, who had allegedly seen Ansari giving maps to Sabauddin in Nepal for passing them to Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in Pakistan.

It is the prosecution's case that Ansari had prepared maps of several sensitive locations of Mumbai and handed them over to Sabauddin who in turn gave it to LeT.

Apart from Nurrudin's statement, the documents also include the transfer warrant of the duo. The prosecution will continue their arguments on January 5.

Lone captured 26/11 gunman Ajmal Kasab has already been sentenced to death by a court in the Mumbai attacks case.