Ajmal Kasab, facing death penalty for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack claimed in the Supreme Court he was brainwashed like a "robot" into committing the heinous crime in the name of "God". On an expected note, Kasab is of the opinion that he does not deserve capital punishment owing to his young age.
According to media reports, in his special leave petition challenging the death penalty, Kasab through his counsel claimed that he was innocent and his so-called confessional statement had no evidentiary value as there was no corroboration.
"The High Court ought to have held that even if the petitioner was guilty for the offences alleged this wasn't a fit case for imposing death sentence on the petitioner inter-alia for the reason that the petitioner's mind was completely brainwashed by the other co-accused.
"He was acting like a robot having been made to believe that he was acting in the name of God when he was allegedly told to commit the aforesaid offences," the appeal said.
But can India trust Kasab?
