He is the sole surviving terrorist of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, but one glance at him and you might assume that Ajmal Mohammad Aamir Kasab is merely a college-going youngster, not a terrorist who shot scores of innocent people on November 26 last year.
This is the first time that the media got a glimpse of Kasab, 21, at the specially-constructed court in the high-security Arthur Road Jail on Wednesday.
Kasab is barely five feet tall and sports a thin beard and moustache. Dressed in a T-shirt and pyjama, Kasab was bare-foot when he was produced in court. His face was covered with a white cloth.
The cloth was removed when Kasab, a resident of Faridkot in Pakistan, was brought before Judge M L Tahiliani.
Image: Policemen form a security cordon before a press meet by Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam in front of the Arthur Road Jail on Wednesday and (inset) a file photograph of Kasab.
Text: Syed Firdaus Ashraf in Mumbai | Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters
Also see: Coverage: Attack on Mumbai
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