145;Kasab146;s accepted his fate146;

The terrorist, who has been in solitary confinement, appeared in a small room in the Crime Branch office, where metropolitan magistrate N Shrimangle conducted the proceedings with public prosecutor E Dhamal and police officers. It was Dhamal who described how Kasab looked. 8220;Kasab has grown a beard, which might be because the police have not given him a razor for fear that he will harm himself. He had no emotions on his face.8221;

According to sources, when the magistrate asked him if he had any complaints against the police, Kasab did not look and merely shook his head. He remained standing through out the five-minute procedure, hands in his pockets. He was not wearing handcuffs, a police source said. Otherwise, Dhamal said. Kasab looked calm and, in fact, disinterested in the hearing.

Though the extension of custody came in a case regarding a car theft, the police want to nail him for what was inside the car. 8220;The primary focus is still on the explosives. He was loaded with arms and explosives when he fled in the car that he and his associate had hijacked,8221; said Rakesh Maria, JCP Crime. Kasab and Ismael Khan, who was shot dead eventually, had ambushed and killed six policemen, including Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar.