But so far none of his relatives from Pakistan came forward to claim his body.

The Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday said that Indian mission in Islamabad has informed Pakistan Government about Kasab's hanging through a letter.

However, after Pakistan refused to take the letter, it was then sent through fax before the execution.

The Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid clarified the same saying : “The information I have is as under the law we are required and in sense of propriety we attempted to convey to Pakistan Foreign Office that this decision had been taken and the execution will be done this morning. Since those missives were not accepted by the Foreign Office, by fax we indicated the information to them. Therefore, our obligation to inform them adequately was fulfilled. We also had in our possession a particular address given by Kasab and we did convey to that address as well the decision that had been taken.

Shinde said so far no one has claimed the body of Kasab and if Pakistan claims it, India would give it to the neighbouring country.

The Indian Home Minister said there should not be any problem if Kasab is buried in India.

'I do not think there will be any trouble (if Kasab is buried in India) because India has suffered too much and everyone.... and this country has seen the tragedy. 166 people were killed after there days fight against humanity,' he said.

Khurshid also said that India did not get any request from Pakistan for handing over the body of Kasab.

He hoped that rule of law will prevail in Pakistan.

'Frankly speaking, we have allowed rule of law to prevail (in the case of Ajmal Kasab). Similarly we hope rule of law will be followed in Pakistan. There is not vast difference between the criminal procedures in India and Pakistan,' he said.

On being asked whether the postponement of Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Mallik’s visit to India was linked to Kasab’s execution, the Indian External Affairs Minister said : “I do not think that there is any link between these. As you know, we decide everything on merit. And I believe the Home Minister made an assessment, and it was agreed that while Parliament is going to be in session, there will not be ample time and indeed there were other factors were taken into account. But it was decided that there will be another, more appropriate time for a visit of this nature.”

The Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Pakistan has also been postponed as India is of the view that Pakistan has not cooperated in exchange of information and follow up to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack as assured.

According to the Spokesperson in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Syed Akbaruddin the Indian Deputy High Commissioner had met his counterpart in the Pakistan Foreign Office DG (South Asia) November 20 to hand over a communication with a copy of the letter from the authorities in the State of Maharshtra addressed to the next of kin of Kasab informing about the completion of the legal process and the hanging of Kasab on November 21.

“The official had refused to accept the communiocation, following which the same was faxed from the Indian High Commission to the official and a transmission report received. As of now, the Indian High Commission has not received any acknowledgement from Pakistan's Foreign Ministry,” he said.

Kasab was hanged to death at the Yerawada central prison in Mumbai in a top-secret operation on Wednesday morning, less than a week before the fourth anniversary of the carnage.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Kasab was buried inside the Yeravada jail premises.

Kasab did not have any last wish or a will, Chavan told reporters in Mumbai.

The execution in the Mumbai attack trial brought closure to many people affected by the audacious strike by 10 terrorists of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in which 166 people were killed.

Nine LeT men were killed during the 60-hour siege which began on the night of 26th November 2008.

Kasab was executed after he exhausted all legal remedies available to escape the noose with President Pranab Mukherjee rejecting his mercy plea on November 5.

Kasab, who has been lodged at the Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai ever since his arrest soon after the terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18-19.

The team, along with Kasab, reached Pune's Yerwada jail in the wee hours of November 19.

'The President rejected the mercy petition on November 5. I signed it on November 7 and on November 8, the Maharashtra government had been communicated to take action. It was decided that he would be executed on November 21 at 7.30 AM. and accordingly the whole process has been completed today,' Indian Home Minister Shinde said, adding secrecy about the hanging was a key.