SIM card of phone used by 26/11 terrorists traced to Delhiite

The SIM card of a mobile phone used by 26/11 terrorists to talk to their Pakistani handlers during the attacks last year has been traced to a Delhi resident.

Mumbai: The SIM card of a mobile phone
used by 26/11 terrorists to talk to their Pakistani handlers
during the attacks last year has been traced to a Delhi
resident whose whereabouts are still not known, a witness
informed the trial court here on Thursday.

Deposing before Judge M L Tahaliyani, a former Airtel
nodal officer Sunil Tiwari said that on a request made by
Mumbai police, he had made inquiries about the SIM card number
used in the phone number 09910719124 and found that it was
issued in the name of Suresh Prasad, a resident of Masoorpur
in New Delhi.

The SIM card was issued on October 5 last year to
Prasad who had given a fake address, the witness said in
response to a query by Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

The witness said, on November 27, while the attacks
were on, then Additional Police Commissioner Parambir Singh
had forwarded a written request to his company to inquire
about the SIM card and also to divert all calls from the
number to 022-23053162. Accordingly, his request was complied
with, the court was told.

Another witness, Govinder Singh Bakshi, who owns
"India Communication" shop in Delhi also deposed saying Prasad
had purchased the SIM from him and personally collected it.

Bakshi further told the court that Suresh had signed
the application form and affixed his photograph besides
furnishing electricity bill as residence proof.

Investigation Officer Vilas Wankhede informed the
court that his team had visited the Delhi address given by
Prasad and found it to be fake.

Police are still trying to track down Prasad whose
whereabouts are not yet known, he said.

Bureau Report

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