Investigation

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 […]



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 […]



26/11 trial to begin on March 23

Mar 10th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation, Lead Story

Staff Reporter
Mumbai: From March 23, the Arthur Road jail, Mumbai, will witness the most famous trial on its premises till date. That day, the special sessions court set up at the jail will convene for the first hearing of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack case.
Metropolitan magistrate N. Shrimangale gave the order on […]



35 Lashkar men from Pakistan in charge sheet

Feb 26th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation, Lead Story

Rahi Gaikwad
Mumbai: Thirty-five Pakistani nationals from the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba are listed as wanted accused in the charge sheet filed by the Mumbai police on Wednesday in the November 26, 2008 attacks case. These include the trainers, people aboard Al-Husseini (the ship which sailed from Karachi carrying the terrorists), those involved in purchasing boats, and […]



Police recording Ajmal’s confessions

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

Rahi Gaikwad
Mumbai: The Mumbai police are recording Mohammad Ajmal Amir’s confessional statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (pertaining to recording of confessions and statements), in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes.
For this purpose and for conducting an identification parade, Ajmal was sent to judicial custody, Joint Commissioner of Police […]



‘Sending FIA team to India under study’

Feb 19th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation, Lead Story

Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: Even as it awaits India’s response to a list of questions on the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan says it is considering a request from New Delhi to send a team of the Federal Investigation Agency in connection with the investigation.
“India has expressed a wish that a team from the FIA should visit India. We […]



Attackers used 3 boats

Feb 13th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Investigation

Nirupama Subramanian
 
ISLAMABAD: The Mumbai attackers set out to sea towards their target from the Thatta coast in Karachi. They used three boats, not one.
The crews of two of the boats have been traced; the shop from which the attackers bought an engine for the inflatable dinghy in which they completed the last leg of their […]