He said he rushed his brother to the J J Hospital where he was declared brought dead. A friend Bhagan Shinde, with whom he was talking earlier, was also brought to the same hospital but was declared dead on arrival, Vaghela said.

The witness also refuted defence counsel Abbas Kazmi's contention that he had not seen Kasab, saying that he had seen the Pakistani gunman from close and firing a gun.

Another eyewitness, nurse Anjali Gulati working at the Cama Hospital, said she had seen two persons enter the hospital compound on November 26 night.

The taller of the two opened fire which resulted in her assistant Heera Yadav sustaining bullet injuries in her arm, Gulati told Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, adding that she immediately reported it to the Chief Medical Officer.

"I then rushed to my ward and closed the collapsible doors. There were 20 persons in the ward and I shifted them to the pantry because the ward had open windows on all sides and it was highly risky to keep them there," she said.

"We could hear sound of firing and explosions for the next two hours," Gulati said.

According to the prosecution, the two gunmen after leaving CST entered the nearby Cama Hospital where they were involved in a gun-fight with police personnel.

Kasab was laughing when Gulati described one of the terrorists as being tall and the other short.

Gulati said she had earlier identified Kasab in an identification parade conducted by the police. "When I touched him to identify him, he said 'Aapne sahi pehchana, main wohi Ajmal Kasab hoon.' (You have recognised me correctly. I am the same Ajmal Kasab)", Gulati said.

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