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3 LeT men arrested; Lashkar strikes in a big way after 6 years
Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) The arrest of three Pakistani
nationals hailing from Multan in connection with Mumbai siege
has once again revealed the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba in
directly carrying out terror strikes in India after the
Akshardham attack in 2002.
Police and central security personnel have arrested at
least three Pakistanis including Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident
of Faridkot near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the
three belong to the suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The militants had told interrogators that 12 of them had
left in a merchant vessel from the port-city of Karachi, which
was on its way to Vietnam, from which they got down and rowed
10 nautical miles into Indian waters upto Gateway of India.
The dozen people split into at least five groups that
created havoc in five star hotels -- Taj and Trident (Oberoi).
The terrorists were carrying dry fruits, suggesting they were
prepared for a long-drawn battle.
The sources said the group was joined by some of the
local contacts who provided them logistics like bags and
dry fruits, the sources said, adding initial reports suggested
that the terror group had come to the metropolis in the
intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
However, new leads suggested that they had entered the
Indian waters on early Wednesday morning, the sources said.
This major strike from the banned Lashkar comes six
years after it had carried out an audacious attack on
Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad in which 25 were killed on
September 25, 2002.
Elite National Security Guards had to be airdropped
into the complex to rescue 50 people.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba had a mixed luck with attack on
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and
attack on Group Regimental Centre of Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) at Rampur (in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh)
in 2007.
After being banned by the US for spreading terror in
the world and being linked with Al-Qaeda, Lashkar had mainly
used its Indian contacts which included Indian Mujahideeen to
indulge in terror network.
However, this time in Mumbai, the terror group decided
to carry out the attack itself as they wanted to strike in a
big way, the sources said. PTI SKL
NIK
NNNN
nationals hailing from Multan in connection with Mumbai siege
has once again revealed the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba in
directly carrying out terror strikes in India after the
Akshardham attack in 2002.
Police and central security personnel have arrested at
least three Pakistanis including Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident
of Faridkot near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the
three belong to the suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The militants had told interrogators that 12 of them had
left in a merchant vessel from the port-city of Karachi, which
was on its way to Vietnam, from which they got down and rowed
10 nautical miles into Indian waters upto Gateway of India.
The dozen people split into at least five groups that
created havoc in five star hotels -- Taj and Trident (Oberoi).
The terrorists were carrying dry fruits, suggesting they were
prepared for a long-drawn battle.
The sources said the group was joined by some of the
local contacts who provided them logistics like bags and
dry fruits, the sources said, adding initial reports suggested
that the terror group had come to the metropolis in the
intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
However, new leads suggested that they had entered the
Indian waters on early Wednesday morning, the sources said.
This major strike from the banned Lashkar comes six
years after it had carried out an audacious attack on
Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad in which 25 were killed on
September 25, 2002.
Elite National Security Guards had to be airdropped
into the complex to rescue 50 people.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba had a mixed luck with attack on
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and
attack on Group Regimental Centre of Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) at Rampur (in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh)
in 2007.
After being banned by the US for spreading terror in
the world and being linked with Al-Qaeda, Lashkar had mainly
used its Indian contacts which included Indian Mujahideeen to
indulge in terror network.
However, this time in Mumbai, the terror group decided
to carry out the attack itself as they wanted to strike in a
big way, the sources said. PTI SKL
NIK
NNNN
