26/11: Complete timeline of the attacks and events that followed
Mumbai, Nov 26: Ten years ago on this day, India's financial capital Mumbai faced the worst terror attack after 10 heavily armed terrorists sailed into the city.
2008:
Nov
26:
Kasab
and
nine
Pakistani
gunmen
launch
a
bloody
attack
on
multiple
locations
in
south
Mumbai.
Nov
27:
At
1.30
am,
Kasab
is
caught
and
placed
under
arrest,
admitted
to
Nair
hospital.
Nov
29:
Kasab
gives
statement
to
police,
confesses
role.
Nov
29:
All
places
under
siege
secured
after
60
hours,
nine
terrorists
killed
-
Nazir,
Babar
Imran
alias
Abu
Aksa,
Abu
Ali,
Abu
Soheb,
Bada
Abdul
Rehman,
Abu
Umar,
Fahadullah,
Abdul
Rehman
Chhota
and
Abu
Ismael.
Nov
30:
Kasab
confesses
before
police.
Dec
27/28:
Identification
parade
held.
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2009:
Jan
13:
M.L.
Tahaliyani
appointed
26/11
Special
Judge.
Jan
16:
The
high-security
Arthur
Road
Central
Jail
selected
as
the
venue
for
Kasab's
trial.
Feb
5:
Kasab's
DNA
samples
matches
with
articles
seized
from
the
Kuber
fishing
boat.
Feb
20/21:
Kasab
confesses
before
Magistrate
(Mrs.)
R.V.
Sawant-Wagule.
Feb
22:
Criminal
lawyer
Ujjwal
Nikam
appointed
Special
Public
Prosecutor
(SPP).
Feb
25:
Charge-sheet
against
Kasab,
two
others,
filed
in
Esplanade
Metropolitan
Court.
April
1:
Anjali
Waghmare
appointed
Kasab's
lawyer.
April
15:
Trial
of
26/11
case
commences.
April
15:
Anjali
Waghmare
removed
as
Kasab's
lawyer.
April
16:
Advocate
S.G.
Abbas
Kazmi
appointed
Kasab's
lawyer.
Claims
Kasab
is
a
"minor".
April
17:
Kasab's
confession
opened
in
court,
he
retracts.
April
20:
Prosecution
charges
Kasab
on
312
counts.
April
29:
Kasab
is
a
major,
say
experts.
May
6:
Charges
framed,
Kasab
charged
on
86
counts,
denies
charges.
May
8:
First
eyewitness
deposes,
identifies
Kasab.
June
23:
Non-bailable
warrants
issued
against
22,
including
the
dreaded
Hafeez
Saeed,
Zaki-ur-Rehman
Lakhvi
-
both
in
Pakistan.
June
25:
Kasab
suffering
from
ulcers,
court
told.
July
20:
Kasab
pleads
guilty
before
Special
Judge
M.L.
Tahaliyani.
Oct
9:
US-Pakistani
double-agent
David
Coleman
Headley
arrested
in
Chicago.
He
was
one
of
those
who
recced
locations/targets
for
the
26/11
attacks
in
2007.
Nov
30:
Kazmi
removed
as
Kasab's
lawyer.
Dec
1:
Advocate
K.P.
Pawar
takes
over
as
Kasab's
lawyer.
Dec
16:
Prosecution
completes
its
case.
Dec
18:
Kasab
denies
all
charges.
Another 26/11 type attack and there would be war with Pakistan
2010:
Feb
11:
Prominent
26/11
lawyer
Shahid
Azmi
shot
dead.
Feb
22:
Headley
issue
crops
up
in
court
for
the
first
time.
Feb
23:
Final
arguments
to
begin
from
March
9.
Mar
31:
Special
Court
fixes
May
3
as
date
of
judgement.
April
6:
Then
Home
Minister
R.R.
Patil's
sensational
disclosure
in
Maharashtra
legislature
that
the
bodies
of
nine
slain
Pakistani
terrorists
were
buried
in
January
2010
somewhere
near
Mumbai.
He
also
warned
that
any
future
terrorists
would
meet
a
similar
fate.
May
6:
Kasab
sentenced
to
death
by
26/11
court.
June
8:
Amin
Solkar
and
Farhana
Shah
appointed
lawyers
for
Kasab
to
appear
in
Bombay
High
Court.
Oct
18:
Kasab's
death
sentence
confirmation/his
appeal
commences
in
High
Court.
Oct
19:
Kasab's
throws
tantrums,
says
he
wants
to
attend
the
court
in
person,
spits
at
camera
and
says,
"Send
me
to
America";
judges
warn
him
to
behave.
Oct
25:
High
Court
judges
view
CCTV
footage
purportedly
showing
Kasab
and
slain
terrorist
Abu
Ismail
in
terror
acts.
Oct
27:
SPP
Nikam
justifies
death
sentence
to
Kasab
by
trial
court.
Oct
29:
Kasab
confused
trial
court
by
frequent
U-turns,
argues
Nikam.
Nov
19:
Nikam
tells
court
that
26/11
attackers
wanted
separate
state
for
Muslims.
Nov
22:
Kasab
is
a
liar
and
plotter,
argues
Nikam.
Nov
23:
High
Court
Judges
again
watch
CCTV
footage
of
Kasab
and
Ismael.
Nov
24:
Nikam
tells
the
High
Court
that
the
trial
court
had
erred
in
partially
accepting
Kasab's
confession.
Nov
25:
Kasab's
lawyer
Amin
Solkar
says
trial
was
unfair;
demands
retrial.
Nov
30:
Solkar
argues
that
charge
of
"waging
war
against
nation"
not
made
out
against
Kasab.
Dec
2:
Kasab
did
not
come
from
Pakistan
by
dinghy,
his
lawyer
argues;
says
that
the
dinghy
could
not
accommodate
10
persons.
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2011:
Jan
17:
Court
reserves
judgement
till
February
7.
Feb
7:
Court
sets
February
21
as
judgement
date.
Feb
21:
Bombay
High
Court
upholds
Kasab's
death
verdict.
March:
Kasab
writes
to
Supreme
Court
challenging
HC
order.
Oct
10:
Supreme
Court
stays
execution
of
Kasab's
death
sentence.
Kasab
claims
to
that
he
was
"brainwashed";
did
not
deserve
the
death
sentence
as
he
was
very
young.
Oct
18:
Supreme
Court
admits
Maharashtra
appeal
challenging
the
acquittal
of
Kasab
associates
Fahim
Ansari
and
Sabahuddin
Ahmed.
2012:
Jan
31:
Kasab
contends
in
Supreme
Court
he
was
denied
a
free
and
fair
trial.
Feb
23:
Supreme
Court
views
footage
of
Mumbai
carnage,
hears
taped
conversation
of
Kasab
and
his
Pakistani
handlers
and
among
the
10
terrorists
who
carried
out
the
attacks.
April
25:
After
a
marathon
hearing
of
nearly
10
weeks,
Supreme
Court
reserves
its
verdict.
June
25:
Sayed
Zabiuddin
Ansari
alias
Abu
Jundal,
an
accused
in
26/11
and
other
terror
cases,
deported
to
India
from
Saudi
Arabia.
Aug
29:
Supreme
Court
upholds
High
Court
death
sentence
to
Kasab.
Aug
29:
Supreme
Court
upholds
acquittal
of
Fahim
and
Sabahuddin.
Sept:
Kasab,
through
Maharashtra
government,
moves
a
mercy
plea
to
President.
Oct
16:
Centre
moves
Supreme
Court
seeking
rejection
of
Kasab's
mercy
petition.
Nov
5:
President
rejects
Kasab's
mercy
plea.
Nov
8:
Maharashtra
informed
of
President's
decision.
Nov
21:
Kasab
taken
to
Yerawada
Central
Jail,
Pune,
hanged
in
secret
and
buried
somewhere
in
the
jail
complex
in
an
operation
scripted
by
State
Home
Minister
R.R.
Patil.
2013:
Jan 24: Headley sentenced to 35 years by a US Court, currently in jail.
2015:
Dec 10: Mumbai Special Court pardons Headley in return for turning approver and providing full conspiracy details of 26/11 attacks.
2016:
Feb 16: Headley deposes in Bombay High Court before SPP Ujjwal Nikam for the 26/11 trial by video-link from his jail cell. Evidence later submitted to Pakistan.
2018:
July
8:
Headley
survives
an
alleged
attack
on
his
life
in
US
jail,
but
authorities
refused
to
comment.
Feb
11:
Prominent
26/11
lawyer
Shahid
Azmi
shot
dead.