Silent Kasab avoids eye contact with witness

Pakistani gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was sullen on Tuesday in the special court hearing the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case and kept his head down when a witness identified him.

Seeing Kasab sitting with his head low, Special Judge M L Tahaliyani said, "If you put your head down, the witness will not be able to look at you and identify you. You should look at witness."

Following the court's instruction, Kasab looked at the witness, a railway announcer, who identified him promptly.

Defence counsel Abbas Kazmi said the witness could look at him and identify Kasab because of the position in which he was seated. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam suggested that if needed Kasab's position in the dock could be changed.

However, Kasab indicated with his hand that he did not want to change his position.

Later when Kasab's bag was identified by the witness, Nikam gestured towards Kasab to look at the bag, but the gunman shook his head in an attempt to indicate it was not his.