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New Delhi: Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Abu Jindal, who is in Delhi Police's custody, has confessed his active role in the Mumbai attacks, saying that Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was present in the Karachi control room when the 26/11 masterminds choreographed the carnage.
During the interrogation, Abu Jindal has admitted to handling the attack on Nariman House during 26/11, IB sources told CNN-IBN. He has admitted that he was in the Karachi control room under the guidance of Saeed.
CNN-IBN has accessed details of Jindal's confession to the police. Jindal allegedly told the police that he was the one who trained the 10 terrorists.
Delhi police will keep Abu Jindal in custody till July 5. They are likely to seek remand and extend his custody till July 20.
As per the details, Jindal was someone who was actually involved in guiding and directing the terrorists at every step during the Mumbai attack. Jindal has also admitted of travelling with Ajmal Kasab and other terrorists on the same boat to the Indian border.
The other crucial detail that the police have been questioning is that of his involvement in the activities of the Indian Mujahideen and his role in the Jama Masjid (New Delhi), German Bakery (Pune) and the Chinnaswamy stadium blast (Bangalore).
Sources say that the operation to nab Jindal was going on for the last several months and he was detained in Saudi Arabia in the first week of June. A team of Delhi Police and IB officials travelled to Saudi Arabia to bring him back to India.
According to officials, Jindal was one of the five handlers present in the control room in Karachi. He was directing terrorists carrying out the Mumbai attacks at every step.
Jindal was also responsible for weapon training the terrorists and familiarising them with the Hindi language.
He was involved in a blast in Ahmedabad in 2006 and the Aurangabad arms haul the same year. He was named in the 26/11 chargesheet and was considered one of the most wanted.
Kasab's testimony to Mumbai police names Jindal for seeing off the 10 attackers at Pakistan shore. Abu Hamza, Abu Qaafa and Lakhvi were the others.
After the Aurangabad arms haul, Abu Jindal fled to Pakistan. There he became closely involved with the activities of the LeT and eventually started working towards plotting the 26/11 attacks. The Mumbai crime branch which is probing the attack will now be taking a voice sample to further confirm that he indeed was one of the handlers.
Quite contrary to high profile busts, the Delhi Police did not disclose much and stayed mum in this case. Sources said this was an operation managed at a diplomatic level and involved many central agencies.
Abu Jindal was an important LeT operative handling the groups operations in India. His arrest will be crucial not only for taking investigations into the Mumbai attacks forward but also for our agencies to find out the current structure, reach and plans of Pakistan-based terror groups. What they will also focus on is to find out what he was doing in Saudi Arabia for the last several months.
26/11: Abu Jindal confesses role, links with Hafiz Saeed - India News - IBNLive
