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Wife relieved after Fahim Ansari's acquittal
Thursday August 30, 2012 06:38:15 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Expressing
relief over Fahim Ansari's acquittal in the 26/11 terror attack on
Mumbai by the Supreme Court, his wife Yasmin Thursday said she was
glad he was acquitted.
The apex court Wednesday confirmed the acquittal of two Indians -
Fahim Arshad Ansari, 36, and Sabauddin Ahmed Sheikh, 25 - while
upholding the death sentence to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab,
26.
"I am glad that the Supreme Court verdict is in favour of my
husband. Since it has come from the highest court in India, I hope
the terrorist tag on my husband has finally been removed," Yasmin
said, addressing media persons here Thursday.
She said she is looking forward to meeting her husband at the
earliest. Fahim is currently lodged in Bareilly Central Prison for
his alleged involvement in an attack on a CRPF camp at Rampur,
Uttar Pradesh, in 2007.
Yasmin, however, was sorry she had to sell her house in Bandra in
northwest Mumbai to fund the legal procedure.
"I am saddened by the fact that we had to sell our home in Bandra
to raise money to fight the court cases," said Yasmin, who, along
with the couple's daughter, has since moved in with her
brother-in-law.
The apex court had upheld the acquittal of Fahim Ansari and
Sabauddin Ahmed, who were accused of providing topographical
inputs to Kasab and his accomplices prior to the 26/11 attack.
The Maharashtra government had challenged the acquittal of Fahim
and Sabauddin by the Bombay High Court, which had confirmed
Kasab's death penalty Feb 21, 2011, by the trial court.
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