Directions from Pakistan-based handlers to try and take hostage “some important government functionary”, instructions to specifically kill Jews to “spoil India-Israel relations”, a detailed chart of the sea route taken to reach Mumbai with points marked as ‘JALA’ on the GPS phone and photographic evidence of Pakistani markings on pistols, grenades and essential commodities form the body of evidence India shared with Pakistan and 15 other countries on Monday.

The dossier, prepared meticulously over the past month, builds a strong case that aims to nail the fact that the planning, execution and control of this terror operation was done from Pakistan and hence, investigations be launched to arrest the guilty and hand them over to India.

While much of the information has been available in public domain, this is the first government document that puts down the sequence of what happened and reveals certain fresh details.

Consider these:

Training: Ajmal Amir Kasab, according to the dossier, has revealed that 32 terrorists were trained initially, of which 13 were selected. Of these, six were sent elsewhere and three new members — including the eventual leader of the operation Ismail Khan — joined later. Details of the plan were told to the 10-member team in mid-September after which the group remained in isolation near Karachi till their launch. During this time, they were trained to use GPS instruments, a launch dinghy and ways to deal with sea sickness. Kasab, the dossier says, has specifically identified Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi as someone who was closely monitoring the training. Other names given by him are Abu Hamza, Kaahfa and Yousuf alias Muzammil.

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