Summary Mumbai attacks accused Ajmal Kasab had no last wish and left no will, Indian media reported.
He was hanged early on Wednesday morning at Yerwada jail in Pune in India.
He only asked, said reports, that his mother be informed in Pakistan. Indian government sources said in deference with his wish that his mother be informed, they had tried to contact his family in Pakistan to inform them about his execution. The 25-year-old was the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.
"He was asked what his last wish was. He did not say anything," said Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, while announcing the execution, which was done swiftly and secretly days after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition on November 5.
In keeping with jail manual processes, Kasab was offered contact with his family and the drawing up of a will, but he refused all of it, Maharashtra government sources said. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said his family and the Pakistan government had been informed through the Indian High Commission about Kasab s execution. No one, however, had claimed the body.
Shinde also said that Islamabad refused to acknowledge the letter sent by India in this regard. "When they did not accept the letter, they were communicated through fax," Shinde told reporters in New Delhi, hours after the hanging of the terrorist. Kasab has been buried inside Yerwada Jail in Pune, where he was hanged.
"The external affairs ministry has informed the Pakistan government about the execution. If someone demands the body, we will give the body. No demand was made for the body," Shinde told reporters in New Delhi.
