Reports

26/11: “permit examination of FBI witnesses”

Jul 24th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Aftermath

Staff Reporter
Mumbai: Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Thursday filed an application in the Special Sessions Court here seeking permission to examine and summon six witnesses from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to present technical evidence on November 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai. He handed a sealed envelope to the court containing a letter from […]



26/11 hearing put off again for want of judge

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation, Lead Story

Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: The proceedings against five Lashkar-e- Taiba suspects arrested by Pakistan for involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks were adjourned yet again on Saturday for want of a judge, this time to July 4.
Anti-Terror Court 2, to which the case has been assigned, has been without a judge for nearly a month after Sakhi […]



26/11: electronic evidence no clincher

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Backgrounders

Mumbai: The closed circuit television (CCTV) footage of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) on the night of 26/11 is no match for the copious oral evidence of witnesses in the Mumbai terror attacks case. The poor quality and absence of original recording makes the electronic material secondary evidence, useful only for corroboration.
Two videos of the […]



Panel indicts former Mumbai police chief

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation

Staff Reporter
 
 
 
Mumbai: The former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Hasan Gafoor, did not display enough initiative and fell short on vision and leadership qualities in the face of the November 26, 2008 terror strikes in Mumbai, states the Ram Pradhan Committee probe report.
Mr. Gafoor was the Commissioner during 26/11.
However, the government rejected the indictment in its Action […]



Kashmir not in 26/11 final charges

May 21st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation

Mumbai: The capture of Kashmir, touted as one of the motives behind the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, finds no mention in the final charges framed in the case. A copy of the charges, framed on May 6, was made available to the media on Wednesday.
The charges proposed by the prosecution against Mohammad Ajmal Amir […]



26/11: More data provided to Pakistan

May 21st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation, Lead Story

Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday handed over additional information to Pakistan on the involvement of its citizens in the Mumbai terror attacks. The External Affairs Ministry handed over to a diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission the details sought by Islamabad, official sources confirmed.
The information consisted of the confessional statement of the lone […]



Will fight Kasab case if security is provided to me, says Anjali

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles, Investigation

Mumbai: Anjali Waghmare, defence lawyer in the Mumbai terror attacks case, will fight the case for Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ after the Special Sessions Court here ordered a security cover for her. The court’s decision to provide security to Ms. Waghmare comes a day after a mob of Shiv Sainiks attacked her house and pressured […]



Mumbai terror architect crafts infiltration surge

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Backgrounders, Lead Story

Praveen Swami
SRINAGAR: Ever since the massacre in Mumbai in November 2008, intelligence services across the world have searched, without success, for one of its architects: a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander known only by the twin aliases Muzammil and Yusuf.

Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Muzammil alias Yusuf, in a computer-generated photofit.
Now, highly-placed police and intelligence sources have told The Hindu, […]



Don’t broadcast clips of 26/11 case: Centre

Mar 21st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Aftermath

Mumbai/New Delhi: The Centre has asked the media not to broadcast any clips pertaining to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case following an order by a Special Court in Mumbai.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s directive came after apprehensions were voiced that such telecast would seriously jeopardise the proceedings in the case. “It is hereby ordered […]



26/11: India set to reply to Pakistan

Mar 12th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Lead Story, News

Praveen Swami
NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are in the final stages of drafting a response to a 30-point questionnaire prepared by the Pakistani investigators on the murderous Lashkar-e-Taiba attack on Mumbai in November last.
Government sources told The Hindu that the response, based on the documentation made available by the Mumbai Police, could be issued as early as […]