New Delhi  - Activists of the right-wing Hindu Shiv Sena group attacked the house of the lawyer appointed to represent the lone Muslim militant captured during the November Mumbai attacks, media reports said Tuesday.

About 100 Shiv Sena activists shouted slogans and threw stones Monday night at the central Mumbai residence of Anjali Waghmare shortly after she was named by special judge ML Tahiliyani to defend Ajmal Amir Kasab.

Waghmare was unhurt, and police used batons to disperse the mob.

After the Mumbai attacks, Indian lawyers refused to represent Kasab, who has been charged for "murder and waging war" against India.

Some lawyers who earlier agreed to represent him withdrew after they were criticized for their "unpatriotic" stand.

Radical Hindu groups like the Shiv Sena have been demanding that Kasab, who could be seen on photographs taken by news photographers and CCTV cameras during the attack, should be hanged without a trial.

Kasab, allegedly a member of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization, was part of a 10-member group that mounted attacks in Mumbai for three days beginning November 26.

He was captured hours after the assault. More than 170 people were killed.

"People from this area sacrificed their lives fighting terrorists, and she, despite hailing from this region, is defending the terrorist," the NDTV network quoted Shiv Sena activist Ajay Chaudhari as saying. "This has angered people."

He said Waghmare had agreed to the group's demand of withdrawing from the case.

Meanwhile, the NDTV reported that Waghmare was likely to be replaced by the special court later Tuesday because she was also representing a victim and witness in the Mumbai attacks, which would represent a conflict of interest.

The report mentioned that Waghmare was representing Harishchandra Shrivardhankar, a 57-year-old government employee who had been allegedly attacked by Kasab and another militant on November 26.

Shrivardhankar's throat was slit, and he was also shot by the militants. He had been seeking legal advice from Waghmare after claiming that the government compensation of 50,000 rupees (983 dollars) was insufficient. (dpa)