Kasab now demands Perfume, Toothpaste & Evening Walks

Ajmal Amir Kasab, who killed scores of people during the terror attacks in Mumbai on the night of November 26 last year, now feels “mentally frustrated” sitting lonely in the confines of the now-highly-fortified Arthur Road Jail here and wants to take a stroll in the verandaah outside his cell.

This is one of the fresh demands made on Wednesday by the lone captured 26/11 attacker, before the Special Court hearing the Mumbai terror attacks case.

The Pakistani, who hails from Faridkot in Punjab, told the court that he was finding it difficult sitting lonely in the confines of the four walls and wanted to stroll in the verandaah to get some fresh air.

"The jail courtyard is secured from all sides. If I continue to remain in this cell, I will lose my mental balance," he pleaded through his lawyer.

The court had recently rejected Kasab’s demand to have access to newspapers, while allowing his lawyer to lend him some books for reading.

Kasab however again requested the court today to let him have access to an Urdu newspaper, the ‘Urdu Times’, defence lawyer Abbas Kazmi told reporters outside the court.

The Mumbai attacker also put forth other demands before the court, saying he wanted to have flavoured toothpaste and a perfume/deodorant.

Kasab has also sought that all his personal belongings and money confiscated after his arrest, should be deposited in the jail accounts in his name.

Special Court judge ML Tahilyani meanwhile adjourned ruling on the medical reports pertaining to the age of Kasab till May 2.

Kazmi had this morning summoned two medicos as witnesses to give their opinion in the matter of Kasab's age based on a dental examination and a bone test.

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that the testimony of the two medicos - S Nandankar of Sir JJ Hospital and Yogita Devkar of Nair Hospital - has proved that Kasab's age could be between 20-25 years at the time of the Mumbai terror attacks.

"This proves our contention that the age (21 years) given by Kasab on three different occasions before different authorities was correct," Nikam pointed out.