Mumbai, July 12: There was no evidence of local help for the gunmen involved in the November 26 terror strikes and a series of calls made by Lashkar-e-Taiba
handlers prior to the attacks was only to keep the internet telephony account active, a senior police official said on Sunday.
“A series of random calls had been made by the LeT handlers using the Callphonex account since they were required to maintain a certain amount of traffic in order to keep the account active,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.
“We have verified every call that was made to India including the random ones and there was no evidence of local support found,” he said.
Handlers of the gunmen who were involved in the attack had used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) account of Callphonex, a US-based service provider, to make calls to the attackers while they were holed up at locations like Nariman House and Taj and Oberoi hotels in the city.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who is conducting the trial in the November 26 case, said that the statements of all the persons who received calls had been recorded and nothing suspicious had been found about them.
“The handlers called numbers randomly which is evident since the calls lasted only between 30 to 40 seconds,” he said.
–Agencies