India: Mumbai bomber moved, will take part in "identification parade"

Or what we call the 'line-up'.

Captured terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, was moved yesterday to the fortified Arthur Road Jail in south Mumbai for an identification parade in connection with the November 26 terror attacks, a police official said.

Kasab would be identified by at least 40 eyewitnesses, including policeman Arun Jadhav who was travelling in the police jeep that was hijacked in the early morning of November 27 by the terrorists, who then attacked the financial and entertainment capital of India.

Owing to security concerns, only a few eyewitnesses were called to the jail yesterday while the remaining are expected to be summoned today, according to the official.

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Kasab will be identified in connection with three cases that are being investigated - the killings at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), the encounter at Girgaum Chowpatty and hijacking of the police and private vehicles.

Kasab was shifted from the high-security lock-up to the "Anda" Cell, deep inside the Arthur Road Jail, at around 3 am where he is expected to remain until tomorrow. Kasab is in police custody till January 6. The notorious "Anda" Cell is where gangster Abu Salem had been detained several times after he was deported from Spain three years ago.

Kasab and his associate Esmail Khan had allegedly hijacked the police vehicle but it broke down at Marine Drive.