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Sandhu, the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), recently made a
rare visit to the interrogation centre at an undisclosed location in
Delhi to question Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the 26/11 handler
who was among those who allegedly coordinated the Mumbai attack from a
control room in Karachi.
Accompanied by a special director, Sandhu, India’s seniormost IB official, spent several hours on Tuesday questioning Jundal on his links with ‘state actors’ — officials within the Pakistani establishment — police sources told HT. Sandhu has a fine reputation of being an operations man and he is now joining the dots in one of the worst terrorist attacks against India.
Despite the testimony of Pakistan-born US terrorist David Coleman Headley, Pakistan has been denying any official role in the Mumbai attacks. Headley had named several Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials who he had been in touch with, but Pakistan has refused to cooperate in the investigation.
Fresh information from Jundal is expected to strengthen India’s case. Sandhu, officials reveal, quizzed Jundal on various aspects including terror training camps operating on Pakistani soil, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hierarchy and the level of proximity between the ISI and the LeT.
With the help of Google maps, Jundal apparently also explained the
exact location of the Bait-ulMujahideen camp located in Pakistan’s
Muzaffarabad. Jundal also gave details of the activity in this camp.
Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of 26/11, had also described
the camp to his interrogators in Mumbai.
Accompanied by a special director, Sandhu, India’s seniormost IB official, spent several hours on Tuesday questioning Jundal on his links with ‘state actors’ — officials within the Pakistani establishment — police sources told HT. Sandhu has a fine reputation of being an operations man and he is now joining the dots in one of the worst terrorist attacks against India.
Despite the testimony of Pakistan-born US terrorist David Coleman Headley, Pakistan has been denying any official role in the Mumbai attacks. Headley had named several Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials who he had been in touch with, but Pakistan has refused to cooperate in the investigation.
Fresh information from Jundal is expected to strengthen India’s case. Sandhu, officials reveal, quizzed Jundal on various aspects including terror training camps operating on Pakistani soil, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hierarchy and the level of proximity between the ISI and the LeT.
With the help of Google maps, Jundal apparently also explained the
exact location of the Bait-ulMujahideen camp located in Pakistan’s
Muzaffarabad. Jundal also gave details of the activity in this camp.
Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of 26/11, had also described
the camp to his interrogators in Mumbai.
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