"We have a surviving terrorist. We are in no hurry to do anything to him quickly as he is a vital source of information,” Tharoor said when asked why India was not hanging Kasab quickly to set an example for others.
"There is a democratic judicial process, and we will follow it,” he said.
Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist undergoing trial for the 26/11 attacks, made another U-turn Friday by denying his role in the Mumbai mayhem and recanted his confessions made earlier in the court.
Published 19 December 2009, 12:16 IST