MUMBAI: Deported terror suspect Zabihuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal has disclosed the names of more than two dozen Indian terrorists in Pakistan planning attacks on India.
Faiyyaz Kagzi, Raheel Shaikh, Taqueer Subhan Qureshi, Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal, Yasin Sidibapa and his mentor Aslam Kashmiri are among a few named by Jundal, who said he had met most of them, except the Bhatkals and Sidibapa, in LeT camps or meetings in Rawalpindi and Muridke.
Jundal, who hails from Beed, fled India after the Aurangabad arms haul in 2006 and remote-controlled the 26/11 attacks from Pakistan. He was later deported from Saudi Arabia and arrested by the Delhi special cell; Last week he was handed over to the Mumbai police for the 26/11 case.
He, with Abu Kahafa, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, Abu Wassi, Zarar Shah and a major general, reportedly monitored the attack. "Jundal communicated with terrorists Imran Babbar alias Kasha and Abu Umar who laid seige to Nariman House in Colaba, egging them on to fight with the police, army and navy till the last breath," an official said. "Hafeez Sayeed was present only at sermons but he wasn't in the control room during the attacks." Jundal has told the police.
Jundal has told the police that he was taken into the core group of LeT chief Hafeez Saeed in August 2008, four months before the attack. He said initially around two dozen youths, including a few Indians, were given the Daura khas and Daura aam trainings, but Lakhvi reduced the number to 10. It was also reportedly planned to send one or two Indians among the 10, as they would find it easier to mingle with the crowd.
The decision was dropped as they feared that if the Indians were arrested, they would spill the Pakistan connection, Jundal told cops. He said the attack was not supposed to be in November but during Ramzan in September, when most Muslims would have been indoors, but a choppy sea made them change the plan.The police on Wednesday called the forensic experts to record Jundal's voice. For that, the terror suspect will be asked to read out the exact words he had said to the two terrorists at Nariman House on 26/11.
Jundal was directing Imran Babbar and Umer to fight the police and Army till last breath. Forensic experts will match his voice.
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