New Delhi: Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks last year, not only planned the hijack of the boat Kuber that carried Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the terror strike, and other terrorists to Mumbai shores, but he also decided 1930 hours IST as the time of attack, according to details available with CNN-IBN.
According to the confessions of Kasab, Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin, who were the Indian link to their Pakistani counterparts during the Mumbai attack, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief planned every detail of the deadly attack.
Kasab confessed that Saeed had said, “It's time for jihad, decide how to attack Hindustan.”
Kasab has reportedly confessed to meeting Saeed during a terror training camp in December 2007.
He added that Saeed often visited training camps and incited youth to fight to free Kashmir. Saeed selected trainees and even gave them codenames.
Sabauddin confessed that he was motivated to join a terror group after he heard Saeed’s sermon in Lahore.
India gave its last dossier on Saeed on August 1, which included transcripts of conversations between the Mumbai attackers and their handlers in Pakistan.
Home Minister P Chidambaram had said, "There is enough evidence to proceed against Saeed."
"The evidence provided in three dossiers is, in our view, sufficient to investigate role of Hafiz Saeed (in the Mumbai carnage)," the Minister said. "The investigations in Pakistan will also throw up enough evidence."
Saeed has been reportedly placed under house arrest in Lahore, according to media reports.
Pak TV channels reported that Saeed's movements had been restricted for reasons of security. There was no official word on the issue.
Saeed has also been barred from leading Eid prayers at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. "Police party has been deputed outside his residence restricting his movement," Pak TV channel Geo News said.
A police contingent was deployed outside Saeed's home in Johar Town area of Lahore late on Saturday night to restrict his movements. However, it was not clear if he had been officially put under house arrest.
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