Mumbai, Sep 18: Condemned Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab has addressed a mercy plea to the president, nearly three weeks after the Supreme Court upheld his death penalty for the Mumbai terror attack, an official said here Tuesday.
"His mercy petition, addressed to the president, has been received from the Arthur Road Central Jail authorities and is lying with the state home department," said an official from the Maharashtra home department.
The exact date when Kasab filed the mercy plea or its contents are not yet clear, nor is it known when it will be forwarded to the union home ministry by the state government.
On Aug 29, the Supreme Court dismissed Kasab's plea challenging his conviction and death sentence awarded in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case.
A copy of the apex court verdict was handed over to Kasab in the jail last week.
Ten Pakistani gunmen, including Kasab, had created mayhem in south Mumbai for 60 hours from Nov 26, 2008 and left 166 people, including foreigners, dead.
While Kasab was nabbed alive by police, his nine associates were shot dead at various locations by the combined security forces.
