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This is an archive article published on July 19, 2009

Lakhvi mastermind of Mumbai attacks: Pak admits in dossier

Suspecting involvement of locals in 26/11,Pakistan has sought from India the interrogation reports of two terrorists Fahim and Sabahuddin held in connection with the Mumbai attacks.

Suspecting involvement of locals in 26/11,Pakistan has sought from India the interrogation reports of two terrorists Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin held in connection with the terror attack while giving details of the probe conducted by it.

In the 36-page dossier,that contains some annexures,Pakistan has informed India about the case details of five terrorists,including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and “mastermind” Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi,who have been arrested,sources said.

Besides Lakhvi,the arrested Pakistanis have been identified as Hammad Amin Sadiq,Mazhar Iqbal alias Abu Al Qama,Abdul Wajid alias Zarrar Shah and Shahid Jamil Riaz.

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All the five had provided logistic and other kinds of support to the 10 Mumbai attackers,nine of whom were killed during the gunfights with security personnel. Ajmal Amir Kasab,the only surviving terrorist,was arrested.

Lakhvi has been identified as “commander of LeT” and the “mastermind of terrorist attacks on Mumbai”,Pakistan has noted,agreeing with India’s contention.

LeT operatives provided transport,funds to 26/11 attackers

Five LeT operatives arrested in connection with the Mumbai terror strikes,including its operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi,provided transport,accommodation and financial support to the 26/11 attackers,according to an updated supplementary chargesheet filed before a Pakistani anti-terror court.

The second chargesheet against the five men — Lakhvi,Lashkar-e-Toiba’s communications expert Zarar Shah,Hamad Amin Sadiq,Shahid Jamil Riaz and Abu al-Qama — was filed by the Special Investigation Group of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA),which probed the Mumbai attacks,in a Rawalpindi anti-terror court yesterday.

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The chargesheet states the five suspects provided transport,boats,financial aid,accommodation and a computer network to attackers who killed more than 180 people in Mumbai,media reports said.

The FIA also submitted the confessional statement made by Ajmal Amir Kasab,the lone terrorist arrested for the attacks,to an Indian magistrate.

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