Voice recordings of Kasab`s `handlers` sought in Pak queries

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Feb 24 (PTI) Pakistan has sought from India
voice recordings of the persons identified as 'handlers' by
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured during the
Mumbai attacks, and other technical information to carry
forward its probe into the incident.

The request for the voice recordings of Abu Hamza and
Kahfa, identified by Kasab as his handlers, is among the 30
questions submitted by Pakistan along with its response to the
Indian dossier on the Mumbai attacks. The response was handed
over to India on February 12.

The queries, accessed by PTI, include a request for
"authentic forensic analysis reports of mobile/satellite
phones and... any other evidence establishing connectivity and
communication of the terrorists with militants based abroad,
along with identifying particulars".

Pakistan has sought "detailed transcripts of conversation
amongst the terrorists" and "with their handlers" during the
Mumbai attacks, which were carried out between November 26 and
28 last year. It has also sought "logs of cell phone
interceptions".

There are also two questions seeking the forensic
analysis of the Thuraya satellite phone and cellular phones
used by the 10 terrorists who carried out the attacks.

Pakistan has sought details like the numbers stored in
the memory of these phones and numbers that were called. It
has also sought any photographs or audio recordings stored on
the cellular phones.

In the case of Kasab, Pakistan has asked for an
"authenticated copy" of his confessional statement as recorded
by judicial authorities and "other documentation/diaries
recovered from his possession".

It has also sought mobile phone numbers "used by Ajmal in
the past, if disclosed during interrogation".

There is also a request for the detailed description and
information provided by Kasab about the nine other terrorists
who were killed during the attacks.

Pakistan has also sought the fingerprints and DNA
profiles of all 10 terrorists involved in the attacks so that
they can be compared with its available database.

There is also a request for the post-mortem reports of
all the killed terrorists.

Pakistan has also asked Indian authorities for the
photograph that was used by Kasab to identify Lashker-e-Taiba
operative Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Kasab has named Lakhvi as the
mastermind behind the Mumbai attacks.

The Pakistani response also sought to raise questions
over some of the data provided by India in its dossier. While
seeking GPS data to identify the "launching area" of the
terrorist, it said "certain ambiguities have been noticed in
the information already provided".

The Pakistani document said the lack of "date stamps" on
some of the GPS data is "creating doubt whether these points
are authentic".

Pakistan has also sought details of the interrogation of
two Indian nationals arrested on the charge of providing phone
SIMs to the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks. PTI