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Malabar Hill too was a target: Nikam
Mumbai: Opening the prosecution's argument in the 26/11 terror attack trial, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam made a startling revelation on Friday.
He told the special court that eight of the alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorists had landed at Badhwar Park in a speed boat on the night of November 26, while the remaining two had proceeded to Hotel Oberoi near Nariman Point. Badhwar Park, he said, had a special significance in the case as co-accused Faheem Ansari too had attempted to get accommodation in that locality prior to his arrest.
The mission, Nikam said, was plotted in a manner to disrupt tourist activities in Mumbai by targeting areas frequented by them. Malabar Hill too was among the targets, he added.
Nikam told the court that Pakistan was breeding "strategic terror culture" with the help of professionals. He said that the use of sophisticated weapons and the intelligence training given to terrorists, as was told by Mohammed Ajmal Amir in his confession of February 17, reeked of the involvement of professionally-trained individuals.
Although Nikam did not name the Pakistani ISI, he said that Colonel R Sadatullah of the special communications organisation in Rawalpindi had accessed an email account (kharaktelco@yahoo.com) belonging to a slain terrorist. The account had been created to use Call Phonex, a call service provider. Through it, the terrorists had communicated with Pakistan from Hotel Oberoi and Nariman House.
"Why had he (Sadatullah) opened the account of a deceased terrorist? What was their connection?" Nikam said. He said that further investigations would unravel that the terror attacks had not just aimed to take 166 lives. Its objective was something far more diabolical.
Reading excerpts from the confession statements, Nikam said that the accused were told to spare the Muslims, if possible. But they were told to fire indiscriminately at the CST, he added
Mumbai: Opening the prosecution's argument in the 26/11 terror attack trial, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam made a startling revelation on Friday.
He told the special court that eight of the alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) terrorists had landed at Badhwar Park in a speed boat on the night of November 26, while the remaining two had proceeded to Hotel Oberoi near Nariman Point. Badhwar Park, he said, had a special significance in the case as co-accused Faheem Ansari too had attempted to get accommodation in that locality prior to his arrest.
The mission, Nikam said, was plotted in a manner to disrupt tourist activities in Mumbai by targeting areas frequented by them. Malabar Hill too was among the targets, he added.
Nikam told the court that Pakistan was breeding "strategic terror culture" with the help of professionals. He said that the use of sophisticated weapons and the intelligence training given to terrorists, as was told by Mohammed Ajmal Amir in his confession of February 17, reeked of the involvement of professionally-trained individuals.
Although Nikam did not name the Pakistani ISI, he said that Colonel R Sadatullah of the special communications organisation in Rawalpindi had accessed an email account (kharaktelco@yahoo.com) belonging to a slain terrorist. The account had been created to use Call Phonex, a call service provider. Through it, the terrorists had communicated with Pakistan from Hotel Oberoi and Nariman House.
"Why had he (Sadatullah) opened the account of a deceased terrorist? What was their connection?" Nikam said. He said that further investigations would unravel that the terror attacks had not just aimed to take 166 lives. Its objective was something far more diabolical.
Reading excerpts from the confession statements, Nikam said that the accused were told to spare the Muslims, if possible. But they were told to fire indiscriminately at the CST, he added
Yeah - That was it.
