Mumbai: Terrorists of the 26/11 Mumbai
attacks had planted two powerful bombs with timers in metal
boxes at different places near the Taj hotel with notes
scribbled in Urdu saying "Yeh jung ki aur ishara hai" (this is
pointer to war), a witness told the trial court here today.
One of the boxes was found near Taj hotel where renovation
work of Gateway of India was in progress and the other was
located near Gokul hotel behind Taj, police inspector Prakash
Bhoite, told special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
Both the boxes contained eight kg RDX with timers and
notes in Urdu saying that "this was pointer to war", the
witness said.
Nikam told news agencies that the version of the witness fortified
the case of the prosecution that the aim of terrorists was not
only to create terror in Mumbai but to wage war against India.
The Prosecutor said the probe had revealed that the 26/11
terrorists were given these RDX-laden boxes by Lashkar-e-Taiba
conspirators in Pakistan and they had forgotten to remove the
notes in Urdu.
The witness said he was on duty at Colaba Police station
on the day of terror attacks when he heard the firing shots
outside. He rushed outside and learnt that two persons had
entered hotel Taj after firing at Cafe Leopold.
Bhoite further said he was asked to look for explosives
and during search he found two boxes near Taj hotel laden with
explosives. Bomb detection and disposal squad was immediately
summoned which defused the bombs.
Bureau Report
