Mumbai:
Another witness in Mumbai terror attack case told a special court in Mumbai that he wanted to kill the lone captured terrorist Ajmal Qasab on the fateful day at Girgaum chowpatty but could not fire at him as two policemen were grappling with the ultra to seize his weapon.
"I wanted to kill him but saw that two police officers were trying to seize his AK-47 rifle and if I had fired at Qasab, the bullet might have hit the officers," Assistant police inspector Hemant Boudhankar told special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
He said Qasab and his accomplice Abu Ismael came in a Skoda car and were stopped by police at Chowpatty.
When Ismael fired at the police team, Boudhankar said he went behind the car and shot at Ismael by aiming from the rear windscreen as a result of which Ismael received fatal injuries.
Another eyewitness, assistant police inspector Sanjay Govilkar said he received a bullet injury on his waist when he and his colleague Tukaram Omble were grappling with Qasab to take away his AK-47 rifle.
"We pounced on Qasab, Omble fell to bullets as Qasab fired and I too received a bullet injury. While I continued to hold Qasab's rifle with a strong grip, Omble gave up because he was seriously injured," Govilkar told Judge M L Tahaliyani.
Pointing a finger at Qasab, both witnesses identified him, his AK-47 rifle and trousers in the court.
"I wanted to kill him but saw that two police officers were trying to seize his AK-47 rifle and if I had fired at Qasab, the bullet might have hit the officers," Assistant police inspector Hemant Boudhankar told special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
He said Qasab and his accomplice Abu Ismael came in a Skoda car and were stopped by police at Chowpatty.
When Ismael fired at the police team, Boudhankar said he went behind the car and shot at Ismael by aiming from the rear windscreen as a result of which Ismael received fatal injuries.
Another eyewitness, assistant police inspector Sanjay Govilkar said he received a bullet injury on his waist when he and his colleague Tukaram Omble were grappling with Qasab to take away his AK-47 rifle.
"We pounced on Qasab, Omble fell to bullets as Qasab fired and I too received a bullet injury. While I continued to hold Qasab's rifle with a strong grip, Omble gave up because he was seriously injured," Govilkar told Judge M L Tahaliyani.
Pointing a finger at Qasab, both witnesses identified him, his AK-47 rifle and trousers in the court.
