Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested for the 26/11 attacks, on Monday named four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) members, including its operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, who came to see the 10 accomplices off when they started from Karachi in a boat to reach the shores in Mumbai.

"We boarded Al-husseini (the boat) from Karachi in Pakistan to come to Mumbai. Zakiur Rehman Laqvi, Abu Jindal and Abu Hamza came to see us off. We carried ration and oil (fuel). Later, we shifted to Indian fishing trawler 'Kuber' and killed its navigator Amarsing Solanki," the 21-year-old Pakistani national told a special trial court.

"Main bayan dena chahata hoon (I want to confess). Earlier Pakistan did not admit that I was its national but now that they have said it, I want to plead guilty...please accept my confession, close the case and give the sentence," Kasab told judge M L Tahaliyani on the 65th day of the trial.

Sporting a beard and clad in kurta and pyjama, Kasab said he had started as a decorator at Rawalpindi in Pakistan but did not earn enough money and therefore decided to team up with another person to become a robber and dacoit.

"As we needed weapons, we went to the LeT office where we were given money and recruited as jihadis. I and many others were trained in using arms and ammunition at jungles." The court will give its ruling tomorrow whether Kasab's confession was acceptable and whether it can conclude the trial and pronounce the judgment.

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