By Muslim Mirror Correspondent,
Mumbai: An RTI query has dig out startling revelations about expenditure of public money on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab who was hanged to death last month after his mercy plea was rejected by President of India. Both the central government and Maharashtra government jointly spent Rs 28 Crore on upkeep of Kasab since he was arrested on 26th November 2008 while on killing spree in Mumbai. The government spent Rs 9,573 on his funeral on 21st November 2012 after he was executed in Yerwada Jail of Pune.
According to the information obtained through an RTI query by Athak Seva Sangh chairman Anil Galgali, the governments spent Rs 28.46 crore to provide food, security, medicines and clothes during Ajmal Kasab’s confinement in Arthur Road Central prison in Mumbai and at Yerwada jail in Pune.
The government spent Rs 9,573 on Kasab’s funeral and on the day of his execution, it spent Rs 33.75 on food and Rs 169 on his clothes.