Mumbai: Maharashtra Government is stunned after receiving a Rs 10 crore bill from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) towards reimbursing expenses on guarding 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, lodged in the Arthur Road jail.
Confirming that the state government did receive the Rs 10 crore tag from ITBP, Medha Gadgil, principal secretary, Home, told PTI that the Maharashtra authorities are writing to the ITBP.
"We are in the process of writing to them. We will explain that 26/11 terror attacks is not only an issue limited to Maharashtra but a national issue," she said.
The State Government received a request for reimbursement of Rs 10.87 crore from the Director-General, ITBP, New Delhi, R K Bhatia for expenses incurred between March 28, 2009 and September 30, 2010.
"What Kasab and his associates did is an attack not only on Mumbai but an attack on India and it is unfair to ask the state government to bear the burden (for ITBP guarding Kasab)," another senior Home department official said.
The ITPB was deployed in the jail in the run-up to the 26/11 trial, held in a special sessions court set up in the jail premises.
Last year, the home department sought an extension for the deployment of the ITBP which comprised around 200 commandos, armed with sophisticated weaponry and communication equipment, guarding Kasab 24x7.
The ITBP team was deployed for the trial period, after which the state government wrote to the Centre, seeking an extension, the official said.
I am glad the ITBP has billed the Maharashtra government for Kasab's security. It has highlighted the senseless expenses our government in incurring in guarding a murderer.
If he has appealed for mercy, the petition should be disposed on priority basis. This murderer's petition should not be kept in the queue. Our politicians are masters in jumping the queue. They get everything done for themselves by jumping queues. They should allow Kasab's petition to jump the queue also.
The longer you keep him alive the longer is the agony of all the people who have been affected by the 26/11 massacre and the probability of Pakistan or some terrorist organisation using him to bargain releases increase.
HE SHOULD BE DISPOSED TO THE NEXT WORLD IMMEDIATELY.
It would save our precious money and reduce the agony of those affected.
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