FARIDKOT, Pakistan: Faridkot is a sleepy place. Languid animals graze as tractors prepare fields for maize and potato crops. But at the mention of one Pakistani's name, a fearful hush falls on the residents.

No one wants to talk about the village's most infamous son: Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who along with nine other men allegedly stormed multiple targets in India's Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008, killing 166 people in a 60-hour siege.

"It's better not to mention him to them, otherwise you'll land in trouble and they might beat you," warns Hussain Rizwan, a 30-year-old gym owner from the neighboring village who refuses to give directions to Faridkot.