NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, November 29, 2008 6:17 PM (Mumbai)
The war against terror in Mumbai ended on Saturday after almost 60 hours of
gunbattle between forces and the terrorists. Now that the NSG commandos have
gunned down the terrorists and arrested one, the focus has moved to finding
out the culprits behind the dastardly attacks.
As per the results of the initial investigations, Mumbai police have said
that the involvement of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim cannot be ruled out.
The Mumbai police have also revealed that the terrorists carried college ID
cards and were aged between 18 and 28.
Giving stronger indications of across the border links in the attack, the
police said that all terrorists came from Karachi.
Apart from these, the police said that IP address of Deccan Mujahideen, the
group that had earlier claimed the responsibility of the attacks, have been
traced to outside India.
*Dawood aide lent logistic support*
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's henchman, suspected to be a Colaba-based
businessman, handed over arms and explosives to Lashkar-e-Toiba militants
for carrying out attacks in Mumbai, in what is emerging as the first major
joint operation by the Karachi-based gangster and the banned outfit,
official sources said in Mumbai.
Ajmal Amin, the only militant arrested during the operation, told
interrogators that the dozen ultras who sailed from Karachi had come to
Sasool dock from where they were taken first to Cuff Parade and later to
Gateway of India in boats arranged by a front man of Dawood, who runs
several custom clearing houses in Mumbai, the sources claimed.
Mumbai police and central security agencies have launched a massive manhunt
for the businessman considered as a henchman of Dawood, who has been listed
as Global Terrorist having links to Al-Qaida by the United States.
The suspect looks after some customs clearing mechanism and also indulges in
diesel smuggling for the underworld don, the sources claimed.
After getting into waiting boats arranged by Dawood's gang in Mumbai, arms,
ammunition and plastic explosives were quickly transferred to the waiting
boats that took the terrorists to the Gateway of India which was had been
marked as launching pad for the terror strike, the first of its kind in the
country terrorism history.
The Intelligence agencies had sent a warning note to Coast Guard to keep a
watch for an unidentified Pakistani trawler sailing from Karachi port which
may enter into Indian waters. While the coast guard was looking for a
Pakistani or unidentified vessel, the terrorists hijacked Indian fishing
trawler "MV Kuber" killing its crew and entered the Mumbai seas.
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