26/11 trial: Witnesses at Nariman House depose

MUMBAI: Two witnesses who had seen the devastation wreaked by terrorists at Nariman house in Colaba deposed before the special court on Friday.
A resident, Shripad Hate, told special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam that he had surveyed the entire building after the attack. He said that the entire building was a wreck after the incident. "There were heaps of glass and the walls and ceilings were destroyed.The doors of the lift were broken, with ammunition strewn all over,'' Hate said.
Hate was also present when the police drew a panchnama of a petrol pump premises that was attacked by the terrorists. He said that he saw bullet marks on the window pane of a building behind Nariman House where a couple was killed.
Police inspector Sirish Desai, who drew the same panchnama, also deposed before judge M L Tahaliyani. During cross-examination by advocate Abbas Kazmi, Desai said that no deformed bullets were found at the spot. However, Kazmi contradicted the statement, saying that Desai had mentioned in the panchnama about finding 18 deformed bullets on the fourth floor.