New Delhi: In a major revelation in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a former Pakistani investigating official has admitted that the carnage was planned and launched from Pakistan. The revelations made by former Director General of Pakistan's Federal Investigating Agency Tariq Khosa claimed that 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistan national and Lashkar-e-Toiba trained all the 10 terrorists in camps in Thatta, Sindh.
Khosa further said Pakistan must admit to its mistakes and must face the truth. According to the former officer casings of explosives used in Mumbai attack were recovered from a Lashkar training camp. The fishing trawler used by terrorists were brought back to harbour, concealed and the engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbour contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then Karachi.
In an article titled 'Mumbai attacks trial' written by Khosa for the Pakistani news website Dawn, he highlighted the facts which shows Pakistan's link in the 2008 Mumbai attack.
"The following facts are pertinent. First, Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani national, whose place of residence and initial schooling as well as his joining a banned militant organisation was established by the investigators. Second, the LeT terrorists were imparted training near Thatta, Sindh and launched by sea from there. The training camp was identified and secured by the investigators. The casings of the explosive devices used in Mumbai were recovered from this training camp and duly matched. Third, the fishing trawler used by the terrorists for hijacking an Indian trawler in which they sailed to Mumbai, was brought back to harbour, then painted and concealed. It was recovered by the investigators and connected to the accused. Fourth, the engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbour contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then to a Karachi sports shop from where an LeT-linked militant purchased it along with the dinghy. The money trail was followed and linked to the accused who was arrested. Fifth, the ops room in Karachi, from where the operation was directed, was also identified and secured by the investigators. The communications through Voice over Internet Protocol were unearthed. Sixth, the alleged commander and his deputies were identified and arrested. Seventh, a couple of foreign-based financiers and facilitators were arrested and brought to face trial."
Taking a dig at Pakistan, BJP MP and former union home secretary RK Singh said that the neighbouring country would not investigate the role of its nationals in the 26/11 case. "The Public Prosecutor who was handling the case in Pakistan was killed. ISI is involved in it and if the investigations are pursued, some ISI officers would be behind bars, so they will not investigate the matter."
Earlier, 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's lawyer said that he would not give his voice sample to India for furtehr investigation. The remarks came after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi announced that the two nations had agreed to share voice samples to expedite the 26/11 Mumbai attack trial.
Pakistan had granted bail to Lakhvi in December 2014 over lack of evidence.
Lakhvi and six others, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum, have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attacks in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.
Lakhvi, believed to be a close relative of LeT founder and Jamaat-Ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the 26/11 attack case. The trial has been underway since 2009.
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