IB sources have revealed today that the entire Mumbai attack operation would habve costed approximately 40 million INR (4 Crore Indian Rupees) to LeT.
IB has arrived at these figures based on statements of Sabahuddin, of the terrorist involved with IISc attack earlier, and several other inputs received from Ajmal the lone terrorist the custody who was involved wih Mumbai terror attack.
10 terrorist each receiving 20 Lakh = 2 Crore
amount spent on arms and ammunition = 50 Lakh
Misc expanses on training and other logistics = 1.5 Crore
Total ~ 4 Crore
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Pakistan says "Kasab belogs to Pakistan"
After a long denial about involvement into Mumbai Terror attack, Pakistani former PM Nawaz Sharif has shown some sense of accountability. Nawaz Sharif has accepted that the Mumbai attacker hailed from Pakistan's Punjab province. He also mentioned that the suspect's village was cordoned off and his parents were not allowed to meet anyone.
"I have checked myself. His (Ajmal Amir Iman alias Ajmal Kasab) house and village has been cordoned off by the security agencies. His parents are not allowed to meet anybody. I don't understand why it has been done," Sharif, who hails from Punjab, said in an interview to Geo News channel.
"The people and media should be allowed to meet Iman's parents so that the truth could come out in the open," he said, adding that "We need some kind of introspection."
Finally some sign of co-operation from Pakistan.
"I have checked myself. His (Ajmal Amir Iman alias Ajmal Kasab) house and village has been cordoned off by the security agencies. His parents are not allowed to meet anybody. I don't understand why it has been done," Sharif, who hails from Punjab, said in an interview to Geo News channel.
"The people and media should be allowed to meet Iman's parents so that the truth could come out in the open," he said, adding that "We need some kind of introspection."
Finally some sign of co-operation from Pakistan.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Pakistani Media spreading hatred and tension
It was a big shock to come across the online version of one of the reports published in a leading Pakistani Newspaper. I have always believed that media in any part of the world is always slightly biased towards their own country and people and presents the facts (at times) in a distorted manner favoring their own people, but showing a completely different picture would be like playing the role of catalyst to agitate hatred and tension between the involved parties.
And Pakistani media seems to be spreading hatred and tension between the two countries.
Here is an excerpt from Pakistani Newspaper "The Daily Mail"
source of the article:
http://dailymailnews.com/200812/12/news/dmtopstory01.html
By Makhdoom Babar
ISLAMABAD— Government of Pakistan is set to demand handing over of Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit of Indian Army, the main accused of 2007 Samjhauta Express inferno in which 69 Pakistani passengers, returning from India to Pakistan were killed, The Daily Mail has learnt on good authority.
Highly reliable sources have revealed to The Daily Mail that Pakistan is going to insist on handing over of Col. Purohit because he was proved guilty of killing 69 Pakistanis in 2007 by India’s own investigative agencies. It may mentioned here that India’s anti-terrorism specialist and formal RAW’s officer Mr. Hemant Karkare, who was investigating Samjhauta Express inferno and Malegaon Blast in his final conclusion report, framed Col. Purohit as the main accused and mastermind in both the cases and arrested Col. Purohat for further investigations. However Mr. Karkare and two other members of his Investigation Team were later killed by Saffron Terrorists, belonging to Sang Parivar’s Aatma Ghataki Pathak (Hindu Suicide Squad), during Mumbai carnage, while after Karkare’s assassination Col. Purohit was also released on bail by the court and there are no further investigations on this direction and the matter has been hushed up.
The Daily Mail’s investigation reveals further that the Pakistan authorities have taken an exception note of findings of Karkare’s investigation and are very anxious to get hold of Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit to investigate him further to ascertain in his involvement in the killing of many other Pakistanis in different terror attacks inside Pakistan and also in India, since it has been established through Karkare’s report that Col. Purohit is an important member of the network of Hindu Extremists and like minded officer in Indian Army. The authorities believe that handing over of Col. Purohit to Pakistan, who is a proved accused of massacre of 69 Pakistanis, is more important than handing over of certain Pakistani “suspects”, doubted to be involved in Mumbai carnage.
It may be mentioned here that the Pakistan has already prepared a list of 35 most wanted terrorists that are to be sought from India, however Col. Purohit’s name was earlier not on that list and his name is to be given separately in wake of the Karakare’s investigations. However due to Mumbai incident that occurred soon after release of Karakare’s report, Islamabad could not initiate the move but now it has become imperative to go ahead with Col. Purohit’s handing over demand. It is yet to be decided that when and how this demand is to be made.
And Pakistani media seems to be spreading hatred and tension between the two countries.
Here is an excerpt from Pakistani Newspaper "The Daily Mail"
source of the article:
http://dailymailnews.com/200812/12/news/dmtopstory01.html
By Makhdoom Babar
ISLAMABAD— Government of Pakistan is set to demand handing over of Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit of Indian Army, the main accused of 2007 Samjhauta Express inferno in which 69 Pakistani passengers, returning from India to Pakistan were killed, The Daily Mail has learnt on good authority.
Highly reliable sources have revealed to The Daily Mail that Pakistan is going to insist on handing over of Col. Purohit because he was proved guilty of killing 69 Pakistanis in 2007 by India’s own investigative agencies. It may mentioned here that India’s anti-terrorism specialist and formal RAW’s officer Mr. Hemant Karkare, who was investigating Samjhauta Express inferno and Malegaon Blast in his final conclusion report, framed Col. Purohit as the main accused and mastermind in both the cases and arrested Col. Purohat for further investigations. However Mr. Karkare and two other members of his Investigation Team were later killed by Saffron Terrorists, belonging to Sang Parivar’s Aatma Ghataki Pathak (Hindu Suicide Squad), during Mumbai carnage, while after Karkare’s assassination Col. Purohit was also released on bail by the court and there are no further investigations on this direction and the matter has been hushed up.
The Daily Mail’s investigation reveals further that the Pakistan authorities have taken an exception note of findings of Karkare’s investigation and are very anxious to get hold of Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit to investigate him further to ascertain in his involvement in the killing of many other Pakistanis in different terror attacks inside Pakistan and also in India, since it has been established through Karkare’s report that Col. Purohit is an important member of the network of Hindu Extremists and like minded officer in Indian Army. The authorities believe that handing over of Col. Purohit to Pakistan, who is a proved accused of massacre of 69 Pakistanis, is more important than handing over of certain Pakistani “suspects”, doubted to be involved in Mumbai carnage.
It may be mentioned here that the Pakistan has already prepared a list of 35 most wanted terrorists that are to be sought from India, however Col. Purohit’s name was earlier not on that list and his name is to be given separately in wake of the Karakare’s investigations. However due to Mumbai incident that occurred soon after release of Karakare’s report, Islamabad could not initiate the move but now it has become imperative to go ahead with Col. Purohit’s handing over demand. It is yet to be decided that when and how this demand is to be made.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
King Khan to star in Film on Islam and Terrorism
India’s top Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will star in a new movie exploring the issue of Islam in the post 9/11 world and the misperception that all Muslims are terrorists.
“My Name is Khan” tells the story of six people with Muslim surnames who suffer suspicion and prejudice years after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
“The movie is about a Muslim person's strife (in telling) people that ‘my name is Khan but I am not a terrorist’,” Mr Khan told reporters after being conferred the governors' award in the south-western Malaysian state of Malacca in recognition of his 2001 film “One 2 Ka 4”, which was set there and boosted its profile as a tourist destination.
The Indian Muslim actor, whose wife is Hindu, also condemned religious fundamentalism and denounced acts of violence, saying that the Holy Quran does not preach terror.
“My Name is Khan” tells the story of six people with Muslim surnames who suffer suspicion and prejudice years after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
“The movie is about a Muslim person's strife (in telling) people that ‘my name is Khan but I am not a terrorist’,” Mr Khan told reporters after being conferred the governors' award in the south-western Malaysian state of Malacca in recognition of his 2001 film “One 2 Ka 4”, which was set there and boosted its profile as a tourist destination.
The Indian Muslim actor, whose wife is Hindu, also condemned religious fundamentalism and denounced acts of violence, saying that the Holy Quran does not preach terror.
Will India Air attack Pakistan?
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has said that there is enough evidence of the involvement of former Inter-Services Intelligence officers in the planning and execution of the Mumbai attack and if Pakistan does not act, and act fast, to arrest the involved people, India will be left with no option but to conduct aerial operations against select targets in Pakistan.
Senator McCain, who arrived in Pakistan Friday from New Delhi with Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), was talking to a select group of Pakistanis at an informal lunch in Lahore.
When Daily Times quizzed him on the issue of use of force he said that this is what he and the other Senators were told by India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who, as Mr McCain put it, was visibly angry and reeling from the shock of the attack.
“The democratic government of India is under pressure and it will be a matter of days after they have given the evidence to Pakistan to use the option of force if Islamabad fails to act against the terrorists,” he said.
To a question about what the United States would do in the event that India carries out such a threat, Mr McCain said that Washington would not be able to do much even as “privately I will try to dissuade India from doing so”. “We were angry after 9/11. This is India’s 9/11. We cannot tell India not to act when that is what we did, asking the Taliban to hand over Osama Bin Laden to avoid a war and waging one when they refused to do so.”
He conceded the point that such an Indian attack could beget retaliation from Pakistan and that this is precisely the trajectory of actions and reactions that those who attacked Mumbai were hoping for but stressed that at this point, if Pakistan does not do anything to find and arrest the “bad guys”, India will have no option but to use force.
Senator McCain who left for Islamabad shortly after lunch said that he and the other Senators would meet the army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, before proceeding to Kabul in the evening.
Senator McCain, who arrived in Pakistan Friday from New Delhi with Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), was talking to a select group of Pakistanis at an informal lunch in Lahore.
When Daily Times quizzed him on the issue of use of force he said that this is what he and the other Senators were told by India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who, as Mr McCain put it, was visibly angry and reeling from the shock of the attack.
“The democratic government of India is under pressure and it will be a matter of days after they have given the evidence to Pakistan to use the option of force if Islamabad fails to act against the terrorists,” he said.
To a question about what the United States would do in the event that India carries out such a threat, Mr McCain said that Washington would not be able to do much even as “privately I will try to dissuade India from doing so”. “We were angry after 9/11. This is India’s 9/11. We cannot tell India not to act when that is what we did, asking the Taliban to hand over Osama Bin Laden to avoid a war and waging one when they refused to do so.”
He conceded the point that such an Indian attack could beget retaliation from Pakistan and that this is precisely the trajectory of actions and reactions that those who attacked Mumbai were hoping for but stressed that at this point, if Pakistan does not do anything to find and arrest the “bad guys”, India will have no option but to use force.
Senator McCain who left for Islamabad shortly after lunch said that he and the other Senators would meet the army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, before proceeding to Kabul in the evening.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Mumbai Attack: The terrorist were carrying BlackBerrys
Source of the story: Sun, London
According to the Sun, the terrorist gang involved in recent Mumbai attack looked for web updates and live footage on the net to help them prolong their three-day rampage that has left at least 195 dead and 295 injured.
According to the Sun, the terrorist gang involved in recent Mumbai attack looked for web updates and live footage on the net to help them prolong their three-day rampage that has left at least 195 dead and 295 injured.
It was further reported that at least five BlackBerry handsets were used for conversations, instructions and to surf British websites.
Key figures in the gang equipped themselves with BlackBerrys to monitor British news if the power was cut to televisions.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Mumbai Attack:Top 6 things India should do Now
1. Hang Mohammed Afzal Guru immediately. The Supreme Court of India has already found him guilty of conspiracy and planning a terror attack on the Parliament of the biggest democracy of world (2001 Parliament attack). The Supreme court has also upheld the death sentence on him. It is a big a insult to the Apex court of India by the Political system.
If a Hemant Karkare,a Sanip Unnikrishnan and a Gajendra Singh can give their life to save India from Terror, a Sarabjit can also give his life for Mother India ( with all regards to Sarabjit if his life comes at the cost of Afzal Guru, he (Sarabjit) himself would not like to live such a life )
2. Indian and US Government should put pressure on Pakistani Government to extradite Dawood Ibrahim and Omar Saeed Sheikh to India and US. Dawood Ibrahim is the underworld don and the terrorist responsible for Mumbai serial blast in 1993 which killed 258 people and is also believed to be one of the key people behind recent Mumbai Attacks. Omar Saeed Sheikh is the key accused in the Daniel Pearl case. Both of them are holed up in Pakistan under ISI Protection.
3. Indian,US and UK air forces should join hands together to attack the Western border and Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) portions of Pakistan to wipe off all the terror camps of al-Qaeda and LeT. Pakistanti civilian government, in spite of declaring that they too want to fight terror, have not been able to wipe off the terror camps from their land. This clearly indicates that either the civilian Government in Pakistan has no control over their security establishments and their spy outfit (ISI) or their promise to eradicate terror camps from their land is a fake promise.
In any case, the forces outside should take command to wipe off these camps from Pakistan. If Pakistani Government is ready to offer support in this operation, they are most welcome.
4. Setup special courts in all the states to speeden up the process to closes terror cases. There should be stringent terror rules. The prosecution and implementation of judiciary's decission should be faster for these cases without much interferece from Political parties.
5. Setup control rooms in whole of western coastal boarder with hightech unmanned machines monitoring the entire coastal area from Porbandar in Gujrat to Kanyakumari. We, as a nation, lost 4000 Crores because of the recent Attack. The Indian Government should understand that spending half of this money(2000 Crore) for setting up control rooms in the entire coastal area would ensure that we donot face a similar incident again and loose another 4000 Crore.
6. No more further talks on J&K issue with Pakistan or any other third party. J&K is an integral part of Indian and will remain so. This message should go clear and loud to the International audience and any further disruption in J&K area should be handled strictly.
The likes of Farooq Abdullah should be given a choice to either be with Indian Government or goto Islamabad and join PPP for his political career.
If a Hemant Karkare,a Sanip Unnikrishnan and a Gajendra Singh can give their life to save India from Terror, a Sarabjit can also give his life for Mother India ( with all regards to Sarabjit if his life comes at the cost of Afzal Guru, he (Sarabjit) himself would not like to live such a life )
2. Indian and US Government should put pressure on Pakistani Government to extradite Dawood Ibrahim and Omar Saeed Sheikh to India and US. Dawood Ibrahim is the underworld don and the terrorist responsible for Mumbai serial blast in 1993 which killed 258 people and is also believed to be one of the key people behind recent Mumbai Attacks. Omar Saeed Sheikh is the key accused in the Daniel Pearl case. Both of them are holed up in Pakistan under ISI Protection.
3. Indian,US and UK air forces should join hands together to attack the Western border and Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) portions of Pakistan to wipe off all the terror camps of al-Qaeda and LeT. Pakistanti civilian government, in spite of declaring that they too want to fight terror, have not been able to wipe off the terror camps from their land. This clearly indicates that either the civilian Government in Pakistan has no control over their security establishments and their spy outfit (ISI) or their promise to eradicate terror camps from their land is a fake promise.
In any case, the forces outside should take command to wipe off these camps from Pakistan. If Pakistani Government is ready to offer support in this operation, they are most welcome.
4. Setup special courts in all the states to speeden up the process to closes terror cases. There should be stringent terror rules. The prosecution and implementation of judiciary's decission should be faster for these cases without much interferece from Political parties.
5. Setup control rooms in whole of western coastal boarder with hightech unmanned machines monitoring the entire coastal area from Porbandar in Gujrat to Kanyakumari. We, as a nation, lost 4000 Crores because of the recent Attack. The Indian Government should understand that spending half of this money(2000 Crore) for setting up control rooms in the entire coastal area would ensure that we donot face a similar incident again and loose another 4000 Crore.
6. No more further talks on J&K issue with Pakistan or any other third party. J&K is an integral part of Indian and will remain so. This message should go clear and loud to the International audience and any further disruption in J&K area should be handled strictly.
The likes of Farooq Abdullah should be given a choice to either be with Indian Government or goto Islamabad and join PPP for his political career.
Is Dawood Ibrahim behind Mumbai Attack?
The investigations which have taken place so far reveals that India's Most Wanted Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, who has also been declared the key behind the 1993 Mumbai blast and wanted by Indian authority, is man behind Mumbai Terror attack. Dawood Ibrahim is wanted by Indian Goverment and is currently staying in Karachi, Pakistan.
A Colaba-based businessman, suspected to be henchman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, handed over arms and explosives to the Lashkar e Tayiba terrorists for carrying out the attacks on Mumbai, in what is emerging as the first major joint operation by the Karachi-based gangster and the banned outfit, official sources said in Mumbai.
A Colaba-based businessman, suspected to be henchman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, handed over arms and explosives to the Lashkar e Tayiba terrorists for carrying out the attacks on Mumbai, in what is emerging as the first major joint operation by the Karachi-based gangster and the banned outfit, official sources said in Mumbai.
Ajmal Amin, the only terrorist arrested during the operation, told interrogators that the dozen ultras who sailed from Karachi had come to Sassoon Dock from where they were taken first to Cuff Parade and later to the Gateway of India in boats arranged by a frontman of Dawood, who runs several custom clearing houses in Mumbai, the sources claimed.
The Mumbai police and central security agencies have launched a massive manhunt for the businessman considered to be a henchman of Dawood, who has been listed as a global terrorist having links to the Al Qaeda by the United States.
The suspect looks after some customs clearing mechanism and also indulges in diesel smuggling for the underworld don, the sources claimed.
After getting into waiting boats arranged by Dawood's gang in Mumbai, arms, ammunition and plastic explosives were quickly transferred to the waiting boats that took the terrorists to the Gateway of India which was had been marked as the launching pad for the terror strike, the first of its kind in the country's terrorism history.It is in India's National interest to put Pressure on Pakistani Government to extradite Dawood as soon as possible.
Read more about What India should do Next and Terrorist were carrying BlackBerry
An Indian from Bihar Regiment sacrifices for Thackrey's Mumbai
While the official death toll has reached 195 and we are still counting the people, Indians and Foreign Nationals, who have lost their lives in this tragic incident, my heart goes out to all those brave people who sacrificed their lives(on Duty) for their Mother India.
In addition to all the hostages and other innocent people who became victim of cruel firing of the Karanchi based (it's almost confirmed that most of terrorist came from Karanchi,Pakistan via sea to Mumbai) angels of God who are also enemies of Human kind, we have atleast half a dozen brave heros who sacrificed their lives for the Nation while fighting the terrorist.
A Mumbai, which beloged to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and their leader Raj Thakrey a few days back, where the people from other Indian states speacially from North India were not welcome, was saved by people from out side Maharashtra by taking a bullet at their chest and while this was happening all the MNS activist including their head Raj Thakrey was watching all this in TV at the comfort of their bed rooms.
As per reports so far, the two NSG commandos who sacrificed their life for saving Raj Takrey's Mumbai are Bihar Regiment's, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and another North Indian hawaldar Gajendra Singh hailing from Uttranchal.
I wish, the so called soldiers of Maharashtra's development (MNS) would atleast come out to give a shoulder to the NSG commandos who fought a 50+ hours continous gun battle to ensure mother land of marathi manoos is saved.
Do I hear you saying that "Mumbai is an integral part of India and it's very much the responsibility of every Indian to save the soil of India", NOW? I would love to hear you say that even after this storm is over.
In addition to all the hostages and other innocent people who became victim of cruel firing of the Karanchi based (it's almost confirmed that most of terrorist came from Karanchi,Pakistan via sea to Mumbai) angels of God who are also enemies of Human kind, we have atleast half a dozen brave heros who sacrificed their lives for the Nation while fighting the terrorist.
A Mumbai, which beloged to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and their leader Raj Thakrey a few days back, where the people from other Indian states speacially from North India were not welcome, was saved by people from out side Maharashtra by taking a bullet at their chest and while this was happening all the MNS activist including their head Raj Thakrey was watching all this in TV at the comfort of their bed rooms.
As per reports so far, the two NSG commandos who sacrificed their life for saving Raj Takrey's Mumbai are Bihar Regiment's, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and another North Indian hawaldar Gajendra Singh hailing from Uttranchal.
I wish, the so called soldiers of Maharashtra's development (MNS) would atleast come out to give a shoulder to the NSG commandos who fought a 50+ hours continous gun battle to ensure mother land of marathi manoos is saved.
Do I hear you saying that "Mumbai is an integral part of India and it's very much the responsibility of every Indian to save the soil of India", NOW? I would love to hear you say that even after this storm is over.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Mumbai: Terror attacks in India
It was a horrible morning today. When you start the day with a shocking news like "terrorist attack in Mumabi", it has to be a horrible morning. Inspite of being 1000+ km away from Mumbai and hardly knowing anyone who got affected by this massacre, it was shocking to hear that a secular country like India which has a history to absorb and give respect to all the people who come from outside, is being attacked.
It's shocking that a religion which is at-least 1300 plus year old and has a rich heritage is going down in drains rather than evolving and growing. The common man whether in India or in Western countries is at the receiving end for no fault because of extremist thinking of a group of people.
I hate this fear. I feel I am not safe in any corner of the world. What mistake I did, I really don't know. I want to live and let others live happily. Is it too much to ask for? Do I need to part of any religion to understand such a basic need of human kind that everyone want to live and let other live happily?
It's so difficult to understand that a religion can push you to destroy the human race. A philosophy or thinking can not be termed as religion if it motivates you to do a massacre like this or works as a catalyst to provoke you to remove the man kind.
Those who does advocacy of the religion when the religion is termed as a "Terror Religion" should stand up and take the responsibility of such gruesome attack on man-kind and if they cannot do anything to stop this, they should keep silent when people say that one of the religion of this world is a "Terror Religion".
May the soul of all the people who died in Mumbai yesterday rest in piece.
It's shocking that a religion which is at-least 1300 plus year old and has a rich heritage is going down in drains rather than evolving and growing. The common man whether in India or in Western countries is at the receiving end for no fault because of extremist thinking of a group of people.
I hate this fear. I feel I am not safe in any corner of the world. What mistake I did, I really don't know. I want to live and let others live happily. Is it too much to ask for? Do I need to part of any religion to understand such a basic need of human kind that everyone want to live and let other live happily?
It's so difficult to understand that a religion can push you to destroy the human race. A philosophy or thinking can not be termed as religion if it motivates you to do a massacre like this or works as a catalyst to provoke you to remove the man kind.
Those who does advocacy of the religion when the religion is termed as a "Terror Religion" should stand up and take the responsibility of such gruesome attack on man-kind and if they cannot do anything to stop this, they should keep silent when people say that one of the religion of this world is a "Terror Religion".
May the soul of all the people who died in Mumbai yesterday rest in piece.
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