PTI 
 
JAMSHEDPUR, Jan 2: A practising lawyer here has expressed willingness to take up the case of the only terrorist to be captured in the Mumbai terrorist attack, Mohammad Ajmal Amir.

In a letter to the chief justice of India, the lawyer Rajiv Kumar Singh said he wished to take up Ajmal's case as no lawyer has shown interest to defend him.

It was admitted that Ajmal was a terrorist who was involved in the killing of innocent people in Mumbai, but it was also necessary to provide him legal assistance otherwise the legal proceedings will be deemed vitiated, he said.

While seeking permission, Singh, a criminal lawyer with five year's experience, however, prayed that Ajmal's case be transferred to the district civil court here and he be allowed to initiate the trial of the case at Jamshedpur.

To a query, Singh said on Friday that whether it was an anti-national or a criminal, the trial would take place under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code.

A copy of the letter was also forwarded to the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court, the Union home minister, governor of Jharkhand, Maharashtra home minister and the NHRC.