New Delhi, February 18: India will ask for voice samples of seven Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks during next week’s Foreign Secretary- level talks with Pakistan to help in the ongoing probe.
Highly-placed sources said India will seek the voice samples of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu Al Qama, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Younus Anjum and Jamil Ahmed. The voice samples would be matched with the telephonic intercepts available with Indian security agencies that were recorded during the Mumbai attacks by 10 Pakistani terrorists on November 26, 2008, the sources said.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir here on February 25 during which India is expected to covey its serious concerns over cross-border terrorism.
The seven accused were chargesheeted by a Pakistani court on November 25 last year and India now feels Pakistan can share their voice samples to assist in the ongoing investigations. The arms training of some youths under the banner of Indian Mujahideen in Karachi, which is ostensibly being done by LeT, will also be conveyed to the Pakistani side, the sources said.
While Lakhvi, a top LeT commander, is considered as the mastermind of the entire Mumbai operation which claimed 166 lives, Shah, Qama, Sadiq and Riaz are known to have provided arms training to the 10 LeT attackers.
The remaining two — Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum — who have been chargesheeted by the Pakistani authorities, are unknown to the Indian security agencies and they believe that more details of the duo can emerge only after their voice samples are made available.
The Indian Mujahideen, which is perceived to be an amalgam of LeT and banned SIMI cadres, is suspected to be involved in several bomb blasts including the serial explosions in the national capital, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.
The issue of fake Indian currency which, the agencies suspect is routed through Pakistan, is also expected to be raised by the Indian side during the talks. The agencies have conveyed to the Government that every single case of fake notes has its origin in Pakistan.
India’s concerns over increase in cross-border infiltration in the last few months will also be conveyed to Pakistani side, the sources said.
–Agencies