26/11 trial to begin on April 15

The trial of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested in the Mumbai terror attacks, will begin in the court at Arthur road Central jail on April 15, a special court said here today.

The court, while announcing the beginning of the trial, extended the judicial custody of Kasab and two other accused, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, till April 15.  More than 180 people were killed in the terror attacks on
November 26 last.