The confession

Myself and Abu Ismail both had done firing on public at CST by means of guns which have been produced in the court. Abu Ismail was throwing grenades also. I continued to fire. Abu Ismail proceeded further in some other hall. There was an encounter between police and Abu Ismail. Abu Ismail had taken position in a place where the trains are stationed. I also took position behind him. I also fired at police. Abu Ismail had thrown grenade. There was no movement from the side of the police. We did not know that police had taken position at some place. I had exchange of fire with the police and they left the place.

Thereafter,we went in the subway and immediately came out. Abu Ismail said that we must return. We then proceeded to platform No. 1. There was one steel bridge. We climbed the bridge and thereafter we got down in a lane. As we proceeded in the lane,I started checking the vehicles. We could not open any vehicle. When we proceeded a little further,I saw one of the persons who has been examined as a witness in the court. Abu said that I should stop him and I fired at that person.

Thereafter there was a gate of Cama Hospital. The wall was not tall and therefore we could jump inside Cama Hospital. Abu Ismail told me that I should wait for him and he proceeded further. I heard sounds of firing but I could not see him. Abu Ismail returned and told me that I should accompany him. Thereafter,we went up by staircase. Doors of some of the wards were found closed. One of the wards was open.

GUNBATTLE AT CAMA HOSPITAL

As soon as I got down one more staircase,I saw the police. I,therefore,immediately went up. I told Abu Ismail that police were there. In the meantime,police had started climbing up the staircase. Abu Ismail started firing. I was behind him. He had directed me to keep watch on the terrace. Abu Ismail demanded grenade from me. I removed all the articles from my bag and put them in the bag of Abu Ismail. The maps which have been produced that the police allegedly recovered from my bag were left in the boat itself. Thereafter,the encounter between police and Abu Ismail continued. I was keeping a watch on the terrace. At one stage while removing the pin of one grenade,he told me,Ab chalna hai. When we were coming down the staircase,somebody had fired at us. I also fired.

SHOOTOUT WITH hemant KARKARE,ASHOK KAMTE,VIJAY SALASKAR 

There was one vehicle on the road. It had a blue light on it. In the meantime Abu Ismail had thrown one grenade. I told him that we should proceed further. Then we proceeded in the said lane. In the meantime we could see headlight of one vehicle. There was iron fencing in front of the bank. We went to that side. We had hidden ourselves behind the grille. As soon as the vehicle came in front of us,there was firing from it. Abu Ismail also fired at the vehicle. I sustained injury on right forearm,right elbow and left wrist. My gun had fallen down. I had also fallen down on my left side. Firing continued. When the firing stopped,Abu Ismail had fired one shot in the vehicle also. By that time I also got up. I held my gun in my right armpit. We opened doors of the police vehicle. We had seen police officers. They had bleeding injuries. They appeared to be dead. They were removed from the vehicle by us. Abu Ismail sat on the steering of the vehicle and I sat on left front seat. In the meantime there was firing on the vehicle. The bullets hit the vehicle but none of the bullets hit us. Abu Ismail was driving with one hand and was handling his gun with the other. I told Abu Ismail I was not in a position to move further. He indicated that he had a bullet injury on his knee. Because of the noise of the wheels of the vehicle I could guess that one of the wheels was punctured. We went on moving,as we did not know the roads. In the meantime,one vehicle was noticed by Abu Ismail. Both of us got down from the police vehicle.

HIJACKING SKODA,CAPTURE ON MARINE DRIVE

We had seen one policeman on motorcycle. The policeman after noticing our guns realised that we were terrorists. The policeman stopped his motorcycle and fired at us. We also fired. The policeman left the spot to hide himself. We stopped the gaadi. It was a Skoda. There were two males and one female in the vehicle. All of them left the vehicle. When Abu Ismail took the drivers seat,there was no ignition key in the car. The three persons who left the car were nearby. I went near them. I demanded the key. He said that the key was in the car itself. I asked him to accompany me to the car and show the key. The key was found near the rear wheel of the car. I sat on the left front seat and we proceeded further.

I told Abu Ismail that we should conceal all the arms and ammunition and that nobody would be able to recognise us. Abu Ismail told me I had blood on my face. I wiped the blood from my face. Abu took off his jacket and put it on my chest and we continued to move. We reached the same spot from where the car was hijacked by us. We had seen the owner of the car explaining to the police that it was their car.

In the meantime we saw one white car. As we were not able to go out of the same road,I told Abu Ismail to follow the white car. After some time we could see the barricades on the road. We could cross the barricades. There were police. Police directed us to stop the car. I asked Abu Ismail to slow down. One policeman came in front of the car with a stick in his hand. Abu Ismail tried to take a U-turn. He was confused. Suddenly the wipers also started. Police came there and caught hold of my collar and pulled me out of the car. I was surrounded by police. One of the policemen snatched my gun. Police started assaulting me with sticks. I had fallen down. The police started assaulting me on my abdomen with the butt of my gun. When I gained consciousness I was in the hospital.

KARACHI TO MUMBAI BY BOAT

We were in all 10 persons. We had travelled from Karachi in a small boat to a big boat. Four persons had come to see us off. Their names are Abu Hamza,Abu Kahfa,Abu Jundal,Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. I did not know nine persons personally but I know their names and I can tell their names to the court. The big boat took us on the high seas. There were three persons navigating. We were brought to some other big boat,namely al-Husaini. We slept in this boat. In the morning we offered namaaz and again went to sleep. There were lots of boats in the sea. One boat was seen alone in the high sea. All of us were directed to go to engine room. After sometime I heard some noise of a collision. At about 4 pm this boat was brought near the al-Husaini. All the articles were transferred from al-Husaini to the other boat.

After about three days and four nights on 26.11.08,at about 3.30 pm,Abu Ismail spoke to somebody on his mobile. Abu Ismail said,Kya haal hai seth. After sometime,he said,Woh char bakre aapne kha liye. Yeh paanchva mein kha lu kya? Amarjitsingh sic realised he would be killed. Abu Shoaib also went near Abu Ismail and said he would kill the navigator. During this period,Amarjitsingh was sleeping on the deck. Abu Ismail took Amarjitsingh to the engine room. Abu Ismail again warned that we should keep a proper watch and nobody should come out of the cabin. I had seen Umer holding a rope in his hand and Shoaib was holding a knife. After sometime they came on the deck. The knife which Shoaib was holding was seen stained with blood. The knife was thrown by Shoaib in the sea. Shoaib washed his hands and came back to the cabin. Shoaib was looking a little scared. Abu Ismail directed us to take bath one by one. In the meantime the sun had set. The inflatable boat,which is produced in the court,was taken down in the sea. Ten bags were shifted to the inflatable boat. All the bags contained one AK-47 rifle and one pistol each. Each bag contained eight hand grenades also. One mobile handset was in each bag. There were dry fruits and water bottles in each bag.

THE MAKING OF A JEHADI

We knocked on the door of the premises situated on the corner of 6th lane. One person opened the door. I enquired from him whether it was the office of Mujahideen. The fellow wanted to know our details. I told him we had come for jehad. He allowed us entry. There was one more person there. He took our details including our residential address. The person told us to come the next morning with our luggage.

Next morning,myself and Muzaffar came to the same office with our baggage. There were some more persons who again enquired from us regarding our antecedents and residential address. A person gave us an address in writing,which was Marqaz Taiba Muridke. The chit containing the address was given to a someone there. He was given money. He told us we would have to board a bus bound for Lahore to reach Muridke. Myself,Muzaffar and the person to whom the address and the money was handed over reached Muridke by bus. It was after Eid.

After making enquiries,we reached the address of Marqaz Taiba. The person manning the gate enquired from us about the purpose of our visit. The third person showed him the chit. Thereafter he indicated to us to enter. There were two rooms. Many other boys were sitting. There was one person,Abu Fadullah. He wrote down our details and directed us to sit among the boys. Then,one more person came there whose name was Mufti Sayyed. Fadullah and Mufti Sayyed taught us Quran and Hadith.

I completed 21 days training at Buttal. Training included exercise,operating guns,including pistol and AK-47. We were also given training regarding operation of big guns normally held by policemen. I was told that I was required to go for a big training. I was,therefore,detained at Buttal and directed to involve myself in day-to-day affairs of the camp. I started cooking and got involved in other works of the camp. I was there for about three months. I was trained to operate rocket launchers,grenades,AK-47,pistols,mortar and other sophisticated guns. This training went on for three months. Thereafter,I was sent home to Faridkot. I was directed to come back to the office by Sayyed Bhai. I returned after one week. After about 10 days,Sayyed Bhai,Abu Kahfa and Abu Hamza came there for selection. Fifteen boys were selected by them.

After about one month we were taken to Karachi. After about two days,we were taken to the seashore. We were taken in a small boat and were given training on a big boat. We were trained to face the sea weather. We were also trained how fishing net was to be thrown. After three to four days training,we were brought to the same place in Karachi. After about two days we were again taken to Muzaffarabad. Abu Hamza met us there. We were seven boys. I was told that out of 15 boys,six boys were sent to Kashmir and two boys had run away. After about two days,three other boys came there and they made five pairs of 10 boys,including me.

There was a separate room for Abu Hamza. He used to call each pair separately in his room. Myself and Abu Ismail were shown movies and pictures of CST on a laptop by Abu Hamza. Movies and pictures were shown to us twice. Again we were taken to the forest and were trained in firing. Again we were brought to Muzaffarabad. After two days we were given trousers and T-shirts. Our photos were taken for identity cards,which have been produced in the court at Muzaffarabad,at the same place where we were lodged. Thereafter,on the 18th day of roza,we were brought to Karachi by Abu Kahfa. Abu Hamza came there. He told us that we were required to wait for some days as there was some problem. We were directed to be in the room itself. We were also warned that nobody would disobey the orders of Abu Hamza. We stayed in the same house for about one-and-a-half months. We were brought out only once to train us to navigate the inflatable boat.

We were given arms and ammunition to put in our bags. Our bags were transported from the house in a vehicle. Those bags had already reached al-Husaini before we were taken to the boat. We had walked down to the seashore along with Abu Kahfa. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,Abu Jundal. Abu Hamza had also come there after some time. Abu Jundal is an Indian and he had trained us in Hindi. The trainers also did not know where the boys were to be deployed or sent. It is Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,Abu Kahfa,Abu Jundal and Abu Hamza who decide as to where the boys are to be sent.

I want to say further that the target given to us was to open fire at CST and keep the people hostage on the upper floor. We were also directed to fire at the persons who might come to get the confined persons released.

I wanted to confess. Since Pakistan had been disowning me,I was not confessing. I have now learnt that Pakistan has accepted that I am a Pakistani national and that they are ready to prosecute the offenders. Therefore,I am voluntarily confessing to the charges against me. I have made the statement voluntarily without being influenced. I request the court to accept my plea and pronounce the sentence.