The lone surviving gunman of 26/11, Ajmal Kasab, was on Thursday night confronted with terror suspect Abu Jundal at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai and he identified the latter as “one of the main conspirators” behind the attacks in Mumbai.
After the Maharashtra government gave permission to bring the two face to face, the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police took Jundal to the high-security jail, where Kasab has been lodged in a bomb-proof egg-shaped cell since 2008.
The two were interrogated together for at least one-and-a-half hours. During the interface, Kasab said Jundal was one of the main conspirators, police sources said.
Earlier during interrogation, Jundal, one of the handlers of the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack, made some revelations about training imparted to terrorists in Pakistan. He allegedly told the police that he had taught Hindi to the 26/11 attackers.
Jundal was allegedly in contact with two terrorists during the siege of Chabad House, a Jewish outreach centre, on November 26, 2008.
Jundal also said he had met Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley, a co-accused in the 26/11 case.
Keywords: Ajmal Kasab, 26/11 gunman, Abu Jundal, Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai terror attacks
Sure that is fine, now what will India do about all this evidence and information?
India needs to be assertive and demand Pakistan take action against terror outfits otherwise India should take unilateral action against terror camps.
Slowly but surely, India is unveiling the Pak state sponsored terror
attack on Bombay. It will expose the Pak govt's involvement in many as
many ways as possible. It remains to be seen how the international
community and the UNSC reacts to this. Will they isolate Pak...remains
to be seen...?
If the 26/11 incident is required by us to be brought to logical conclusion, our policy needs a basic change in allowing open interrogation by Pakistan investigators on Kasav and Jundal.Otherwise the legal system can not allow to prosecute the Pakistan operators as it is an open fact that a section of their intelligence operatives has been directly involved in its execution.Even joint investigation team by both the countries can be formed as now a very large section of Pak population is no more interested to carry on the legacy of the past acrimonies!
Only openness on the part of India can expose the nexus.Let us be clear that India is not USA to undertake clandestine operations inside Pakistan.It can only happen in a Bollywood movie only!
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