Pakistan had been informed about the hanging ofAjmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terrorattack, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Wednesday.
He told reporters that President Pranab Mukherjee hadrejected Kasab's mercy petition.
"Pakistan has been informed but there is no demand forKasab's body. The president rejected Kasab's mercy petition Nov 5. I hadfurther forwarded it to the Maharashtra government Nov 8," Shinde toldmediapersons.
Kasab, who was hanged at Pune's Yerawada Jail Wednesdaymorning, was amongst the 10 Pakistani terrorists who sneaked into Mumbai on thenight of Nov 26, 2008. The Nov 26-29, 2008 terror siege had killed 166 peopleand injured 300.