05 February,2009 05:44 PM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon
Mohammed Amir Qasab's - the lone captured terrorist during 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks - DNA has matched with the hair found onu00a0hijacked ship MV Kuber. According the sources, Qasab DNA test confirms that he is from Pakistan. u00a0
u00a0Mohammed Amir Qasab
However, Joint commissioner (crime) Rakesh Maria, denied media reports confirming his nationality. Maria told MiD DAY that the results of the blood sample taken for DNA examination is still awaited.
Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil told a channel website that all the tests carried out to match the DNA with the samples found on the hijacked Kuber boat have turned out positive.
Home officials reveal that the test findings of Qasab's DNA will be incorporated in the chargesheet which will make the prosecution case stronger during trai to prove that Qasab was indeed present on Kuber.
On November 26 last year, 10 terrorists had used a boat named MV Kuber to travel from Karachi to Mumbai. Cops found a number of things on the boat which included, a flour packet, Medicam dental cream, Touch Me Shaving cream, a Mountain Dew soft drink bottle, all of which had Pakistan labels.
India had already shared the evidences of Mumbai attacks which also contains the DNA prints of all 10 terrorists and the log book recovered from MV Kuber.