Mumbai, August 18: Pakistani conspirators were in constant touch with the 10 terrorists involved in the 26/11 attacks through telephone calls using VOIP service of an American company and also made several test calls prior to that, a US-based witness told a special court today.
“Before the 26/11 attacks, people from Pakistan had made several test calls to Mumbai to ensure the quality of sound,” the witness, the fourth US citizen to hint at Pakistani link in the case, said in a video conference from Canada.
Special Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam later told PTI that at least 150 test calls were made between November 24 and 26 before the attacks. The Pakistani conspirators had used VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service of Callphonex, based in New Jersey, to give an impression that calls were being made from the US and not Pakistan.
The witness, owner of Callphonex, said the VOIP account had been opened last October by a person who had identified himself as Kharak Singh from India in an e-mail.
He is the fourth witness to reveal Pakistan’s link in the 26/11 case. The first was an FBI agent who said terrorists had used GPS to come from Karachi to Mumbai via sea route. The second, a Yamaha company official, said terrorists had used his company’s engine to power the dinghy in which they came.
The third was a Nokia officer who said her company had exported mobile phones, used in the terror attack, to Pakistan.
—Agencies