Mumbai: Amidst their raging battle with security forces during the Mumbai attacks, one of the terrorists had called up Israeli Ambassador in the US asking him to use his good offices with India to secure the release of Ajmal Kasab failing which he threatened to kill the Jewish hostages in Nariman House.
This was revealed on Tuesday in a special court trying the 26/11 terror strike cases through CDs containing recorded telephonic conversation between the terrorist inside Nariman House, a Jewish shelter in south Mumbai, and the Israeli Ambassador intercepted by Mumbai police.
Without naming Kasab, the lone Pakistani gunman captured alive, terrorist Babar Imran told the Ambassador "Usko chhod do warna hum sab rumali ko mar denge (Release him or we will kill all hostages)".
The Ambassador, who was talking to the terrorist through an interpreter asked Imran, "What is your friend's (Kasab) name?" To this, Imran replied "Aap Ko Pata Hai Aur Police Ko Pata Hai (you are aware and so is the police)."
It is the case of police that terrorists were kept informed about the happenings in Mumbai by their Pakistan-based handlers who were watching the operations on television.
Imran had the knowledge that Kasab was captured by police and he tried to negotiate his release through the Israeli Ambassador.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 20:50