Lawyers of lone convicted terrorist Ajmal Kasab on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that Kasab did not kill police officers Hemant Karkare,Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar. Kasabs lawyers Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah also requested the Bombay High Court to ascertain the movements of the slain officers from wireless message records. They told the court that two terrorists were on the sixth floor terrace of Cama Hospital while senior policemen including former ATS chief Hemant Karkare were being killed. Solkar said evidence adduced by the prosecution showed that then ATS chief Karkare was in touch with the police control room at the time of the attack and he was informed over wireless that terrorists had opened fire in Cama Hospital. Why did Karkare and others take a longer route to reach Cama instead of taking a shorter way as they were in close vicinity of the hospital, he said. He also questioned why Karkare and other officers had proceeded in the direction where terrorists were hiding when they were specifically informed by the control room that two gunmen on a killing spree were holed up behind a car. Solkar said that AK-47 empties were not recovered from the top floors of Cama Hospital where Kasab and Ismail were believed to have gone. Only pistol bullets were found and these were used by the police. This indicated that terrorists at Cama did not have ammunition for their AK-47 weapons,the lawyer said.
