It was his father's refusal to buy him new clothes on Eid that forced a miffed Ajmal Amir Kasab to quit home, take to crime and then embrace jihad, leading to his death in India.
Until then, the now 25-year-old Kasab -- who was hanged in Pune Wednesday for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack -- led a simple life in an impoverished part of Pakistan's Punjab province.
He belonged to a poor family. His father was a food vendor while a brother was a labourer in Lahore.
It was in 2005 that Kasab decided to quit home after quarrelling with his father who could not provide him new clothes because of poverty.....
....Kasab and Khan tried to make a U-turn. The alert policemen opened fire, killing Khan.
A panicky Kasab pretended as if he was dead. But when assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Omble approached him, Kasab opened fire, killing him.
Omble took five bullets but -- in an act of bravery that made him a posthumous hero -- held on to Kasab's weapon, enabling his colleagues to overpower him...
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