Kasab pleaded for 'daya' ormercy in a four-line plea

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Ajmal Kasab, the face of the
dastardly 26/11 terror strike on
Mumbai who was hanged, had
begged for "daya" (mercy)
from the President through his
four-line clemency plea written in elementary Urdu. The hand written petition
dated September 12, 2012,
which has been made public
more than a month after Kasab
was hanged, shows glaring
Urdu language errors. The application has been
provided to Lucknow-based
activist Urvashi Sharma under
the Right to Information Act. In his brief application, Kasab
pleaded, "Sir, mujhe fansi ki
saza Supreme Court ho gayi
hai. Fansi ki saza se mujhe
chorr diya jaye. Mere upar daya
karo aur muje fansi ki se riha kar de. Apka Ajmal Kasab (sic)." It was translated by the Jail
Authorities as, "Sir, I have been
sentenced by Supreme Court
for capital punishment
(Hanged till death). It is most
humbly and respectfully pleaded to spare me from
death sentence and also get
me released from the gallows.
It is my humble request. Yours" The mercy petition was
rejected by President Pranab
Mukherjee on November 5,
2012. Pakistani citizen Kasab, the
sole surviving terrorist from
the 26/11 terror attack, was
hanged to death at the
Yerawada Jail in Pune on
November 21, 2012. He was among the ten terrorists who
had entered Mumbai through
sea route on November 26,
2008 and launched a three-day
mayhem which killed 166
people. 25-year-old Kasab had been
lodged in the Arthur Jail Road
in Mumbai ever since he was
arrested immediately after the
attack in 2008. He was
convicted and given capital punishment by the trial court
on May 6, 2010 which was
upheld by the Bombay High
Court on February 21, 2011.
The Supreme Court
subsequently upheld the sentence on August 29 lastyear.




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