The Mumbai 26/11 dossier handed over by Pakistan this month revealed that prime accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Abu Al Qama and Zarar Shah of the Laskhar-e-Toiba had refused to give their voice samples despite the terror court’s permission to the investigating authorities in Islamabad to record the same.

The voice samples are critical to the investigation as they need to be matched with the voice samples of these Lashkar operatives handed over to Pakistan by India as part of the Mumbai attack dossier.

Government sources confirmed to The Indian Express that even the FBI of the US, which has original jurisdiction in the 26/11 case due to the killing of American citizens, has not been allowed access to the trio in order to match the voice samples. This has been confirmed by FBI officials to their Indian counterparts.

New Delhi had also handed over voice samples of these three LeT commanders, intercepted by the Mumbai police during the 26/11 operations, to the FBI for further investigation.

Although the Pakistani dossier names Lakhvi, Qama and Shah as the prime accused, the fact is that it was done on the basis of voice samples as recognised by Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of 26/11.  The dossier apparently only confirms the Indian findings in the case but makes no attempt to link Lakhvi with the LeT’s chief patron Hafeez Saeed, or trace the call data records. The Pakistani case is stuck till such time the voice samples of the accused are matched as vital proof of evidence. The only two new names that have cropped up in the Pakistani dossier are of those involved in the purchase of the outboard motor used in the dinghy for landing in Mumbai.

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