MUMBAI: Special Court Judge M L Tahilyani on Friday ordered a medical test to determine the correct age of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught alive in the Mumbai terror strike case.
The order was passed on an application filed by Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam opposing the defence plea to try Kasab as a juvenile on grounds that he is only 17 years old.
The court directed that the test be conducted in the presence of the two witnesses who had first written his age - Superintendent of Arthur Road Central Jail Swati Sathe and the doctor who first treated Kasab after his arrest.
The tests to be carried out include dental and orthopaedic.
The court gave the authorities time till April 28 to submit the report.
The Special Public Prosecutor contended before the court that Kasab had given his age as 21 on three different occasions - once to the police and jail authorities, then to the doctor who examined him and the third time to the magistrate before whom he recorded his confessional statement.
