MUMBAI: The Mumbai police on Tuesday released the pictures, names and aliases of all the 10 terrorists who wreaked havoc on Mumbai from November 26 to November 29, along with the area of Pakistan they belong to.
The picture of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab alias Abu Mujahid has not been released as it would hinder investigations. The picture of one terrorist could not be released as his body was charred beyond recognition.
The information about the terrorists was given by the head of the Crime Branch of Mumbai police Rakesh Maria who said that the identities of the terrorists have been ascertained through identification found on them and revealed during interrogation.
A lot of information has been given by Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, especially on the locations of their residence which have been verified or tallied with other details available with the investigating team.
Maria said the pictures along with their aliases and the areas they belong to have now been compiled into a dossier which will be shared with other investigating agencies, including Central Government agencies like the Intelligence Department and the Research and Analysis Wing.
The terrorists carried fake identity cards of Indian colleges which helped the city police recover photographs of them despite many of their bodies being damaged beyond recognition, the police official said.
The identity of the terrorists proves that they were the residents of Pakistan. The two persons who attacked the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Cama Hospital have been identified as Ismail Khan alias Abu Ismail from Dera, and Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Abu Mujahid from Okara, Maria said.
Those who attacked Taj hotel in south Mumbai were identified as Hafeez Arshad alias Bada Abdul Rehman from Multan, Javed alias Abu Ali from Okara, Shoaib alias Soheb from Sialkot and Nazeer alias Abu Umer from Faisalabad, he said.
Nasir alias Abu Umar from Faisalabad and Babar Imran alias Abu Akasha from Multan are the two terrorists who attacked the Jewish Community Centre in Nariman House in the Colaba area, Maria said.
Abdul Rehman alias Abdul Rehman Chhota from Multan and Fahadullah alias Abu Fahad, from Okara, were the duo who attacked the Trident Oberoi hotel, he said.
Shoaib, 20, was the youngest of the group while Nasir was the oldest, 28, Maria said.
Nasir is suspected to have been married and his wife either died or divorced him, he said, adding that the average age of the members of the group was between 23 to 25 years.
Nasir, Nazeer and Ismail Khan, allegedly the leader of the group, had participated in terror missions earlier, Maria said. He refused to specify any details of their previous missions.
All of them were given the aliases during training to prevent them from knowing each others’ original names, Maria said. The terrorists are suspected to have been trained for over a year at four locations in Pakistan.
While sailing for three days into Indian waters on board Gujarat-based fishing vessel ‘Kuber,’ which the terrorists allegedly hijacked, the members of the group spoke with each other and Ajmal learnt of the others’ names and where they lived, he said.
Some members of the group, like Ajmal, also underwent indoctrination at the training camps for about three weeks before undergoing training in arms and explosives for close to a year, Maria said.
The police said they were still examining the contents of the four global positioning system devices recovered from the terrorists.
"We are examining the contents of the GPS, one satellite phone and nine mobile phones that have been recovered, Maria said.
He refused to comment on whether the SIM cards found in the mobile phones were of Indian origin. One of the SIM cards bought in Kolkata was used by the terrorists here, Maria said. The Kolkata police have arrested two persons for obtaining SIM cards for mobile phones using forged documents, he said.
