Sifting through the evidence left on board the Kuber, the Indian fishing trawler said to be hijacked by terrorists who took the sea route to attack Mumbai, Central and state agencies are following three leads in the investigation: the possibility of there being more than the 10 gunmen accounted for; coordinates for Diu set on the trawler’s Global Positioning System and the Pak origin of several items found on board.

Officials so far have said that nine terrorists were killed — four in the Taj, two each in Oberoi and the Nariman House and one in Girgaum — and one was captured alive. So what has perplexed investigators is the presence of over 15 blankets and the same number of “winter jackets” and toothbrushes on board Kuber. These jackets, sources said, are not the ones used by “regular fishermen.”

They have also found two engine covers and a second raft case on the trawler. This points to the possible presence of another raft that may have been used. Incidentally, eight winter jackets — besides the ones on Kuber — were found in the raft that the 10 terrorists are suspected to have used to enter the city.

Several items on board have clear Pakistani labels:

• An empty diesel can of a petrol-filling station with a head-office address in Karachi

• Several shirts, T-shirts and trousers have “fake foreign branding” but there are “specific clothing items” with names of tailors in Pakistan.

• Toilet paper packet of Zik brothers, Karachi

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