Eight days after executing Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Qasab at Yerawada prison, jail authorities have not found it fit to register his death at the birth and death registration office. According to senior officials at the PMC’s death registration department, under the Birth and Registration Act 1969 it is compulsory to acquire a death registration document from their department, irrespective of the cause of death.

On guard: A large number of police personnel were deployed outside Yerawada Jail after Qasab’s execution. File pic