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Expense on Ajmal Kasab could be Rs50 crore

MUMBAI: According to Indian media, the state government might have spent three times the amount it claims to have incurred on gunman Ajmal Kasab. On Monday, the home department led by senior NCP leader R R Patil had submitted that the state government had spent Rs 16 crore on Kasab till date. But a day later, if top police brass and bureaucrats associated with the case are to be believed, it transpires that a whopping Rs 48.75 crore has been expended on the jailed terrorist who is the main accused in the deadly terror attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008. "From our estimates, the state government must have spent a minimum of Rs 50 crore to keep the terrorist alive,'' a senior official told.