Kasab’s version matches that of Fahim, say cops

Ansari’s interrogation report, a copy of which is with The Sunday Express, also lists several Mumbai locations he allegedly helped the LeT handlers zero in on while he was in Pakistan and also surveyed them during a visit to Mumbai. The CST railway station, the Taj Mahal Hotel and Colaba, which were attacked last week, figure in that list.

“I have gone through Fahim Ansari’s interrogation report. We will move an application in court on Monday to get an arrest warrant for him and we plan to send a team to UP on the same day to take his custody,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said on Saturday.

In the report, Ansari names Zaki-ur-Rehman Naqvi, Yusuf alias Muzammil and Kahafa/Kafa as some of the LeT handlers he came in contact with while he was in Pakistan for training last year. The same names have also been mentioned as the handlers the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai were in touch with during their transit. Police also say that it was Naqvi who was responsible for indoctrinating the 10 men.

According to Ansari, he reached Pakistan in February or March 2007 and was trained in handling explosives, survival techniques and intelligence gathering at a Baitul Mujahideen camp for about 10 months and Kahafa was his instructor at the intelligence and explosives training camps.

“At Baitul Mujahideen, I was shown the map of Mumbai on google earth.com. Kahafa asked me to point out important places in Mumbai. He noted down and marked those places in the map,” the report quotes Ansari as saying.

“They enquired about the height of the airport wall, wire-fencing and the location of aircraft runway from the nearest building. They also enquired about the possibility of striking the aircraft from the nearest building. Kahafa was also keen to know about the availability of taxis near the DGP office,” he adds.

“I took photo and video. I drew a diagram of roads/buildings,” Ansari adds. According to the Crime Branch, the 10 terrorists were shown photographs and video footage of their targets in the city during their training and investigators now want to probe if these are the same ones captured by Ansari.