Indian police are to formally bring charges against the surviving gunman involved in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, also referred to as Kasab, was arrested during the November 2008 siege of two hotels, a railway station, and the Chabad Jewish center. The siege lasted three days, and total of 165 people were killed and 308 injured when the gunmen, allegedly belonging to the Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), simultaneously attacked several locations across the city
"It is a legal requirement to submit the charge sheet in court against a suspect within 90 days of his or her detention and in Kasab's case the deadline ends Wednesday," a police spokesman told the news agency AFP. Ajmal Amir Iman faces a string of charges including "making war against the country" and murder. If convicted he could face the death penalty.
Pakistan admitted for the first time earlier this month that the strikes were partly planned on its soil. Two other suspected LeT members are also in custody in Mumbai accused of providing support to the attackers.
