Khurshid: No request to claim Kasab's family

November 21, 2012 11:31

Salman Khurshid said a courier was also sent to an address given by Kasab during his confessions informing about the execution. On whether India received any request for handing over of Kasab's body either from the Pakistan Government or his family, he said no such request was received.

To a question, he said it was for Pakistan to take a call on its citizen. "We have informed an address in Pakistan about the inevitable event," he said.

The Minister dismissed suggestions that Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik's visit to India was postponed because of the execution. "I don't think there is any link. The visits are decided on merit. The Home Ministry made an assessment. It was agreed that since Parliament will be in session there will not be ample time. There will be another appropriate time," he said.

This is what the Pakistani newspaper, Dawn, has on the hanging.
Ajmal Kasab hanged: Indian media. Read

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Not changing 2G judgment, non-auction allocation only for...: Sources

The government is not seeking to change the 2012 Supreme Court judgment that backed auction as the preferred mode of allocating telecom spectrum except for narrowly defined sectors such as satellite communication and defence where the...

It's Modi govt that wanted to bring inheritance tax: Cong

Amid the row over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks, the party on Wednesday asserted that it has no plans whatsoever to introduce an inheritance tax and cited former Union minister Jayant Sinha's remarks to allege that it is the Modi...

'Can't control polls': SC to EVM critics as it reserves order

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it cannot 'control the elections' or issue directions simply because doubts have been raised about the efficacy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), as it reserved its judgment on a clutch of petitions...

Modi's 'redistribution' charge against Cong gets Pitroda's booster

In his poll rallies, Modi framed Pitroda's comments in his wider onslaught against the Congress, asserting that they have exposed its hidden agenda and that the party has become so removed from the country's social and family values that...

IPL PIX: Pant shines as spirited Delhi Capitals edge Titans

Rishabh Pant's belligerent unbeaten half-century helped Delhi Capitals' to a narrow four-run win over Gujarat Titans.