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The 26/11 terror attack as per the chargesheet
Updated On: 26 February, 2009 05:05 PM IST | | Agencies
The 26/11 terror attack as per the chargesheet
The course of events upon entering the Indian territorial waters and territory, the arrested accused Mohammad Ajmal Mohammad Aamir Qasab, alias Abu Mujahid, and the dead terrorist accused Ismail Khan, alias Abu Ismail; Imran Babar, alias Abu Akash; Nasir, alias Abu Umar; Nazir Ahmad, alias Abu Umar; Hafiz Arshad, alias Abdul Rehman Bada, alias Hayaji; Abdul Rehman Chota, alias Sakib; Fahad Ulla; Javed, alias Abu Ali; Shoaib alias Abu Shoeb, have committed the following listed offences: In the afternoon of November 23, 2008, arrested accused Ajmal Qasab, and the other nine dead terrorist accused, and Mursheed, Aakib, Usman, Hakim Saab and other three unknown accused, with criminal force, captured MV Kuber, a fishing trawler, in the Jakhau area within the Indian territorial waters.
Qasab and nine other Pakistani terrorists, who were in the Pakistani/LeT boat Al Husaini, forcibly entered the Indian trawler. Out of the five sailors on board MV Kuber, four sailors were taken into the Al Husaini whilst the navigator (Tandel) of the Kuber viz Amarsingh Solanki was forcibly kept on the Indian trawler. Once on board, the terrorist loaded their consignment of AK-47 assault rifles, 7.62mm pistols, hand grenades, RDX-laden IEDs, rubberised dinghy without board engine, etc, along with transferring adequate diesel fuel from Al Husaini to MV Kuber to facilitate the further direct journey towards Mumbai. Once done, the seven Pakistani terrorists who were on board Al Husaini, left for Pakistan along with four sailors from MV Kuber. The 10 terrorists with captain (Tandel) sailed towards Mumbai in Kuber. During the sea journey, the 10 terrorists were in constant contact with their handlers and co-conspirators in Pakistan through satellite phones. They navigated the 582 nautical miles (approximately) journey to Mumbai with the help of the GPS device.
MV Kuber reached approximately four to five nautical miles off the coast of Mumbai on November 26, 2008, at approximately 16.00 hours. They then contacted their handlers/co-conspirators through satellite phone who informed them about the killings of the four Indian sailors. Ajmal Qasab beheaded the navigator (Tandel) of the Indian fishing trawler, Amarsingh Solanki, by slitting his throat in an absolutely inhumane and ruthless manner, akin to a butcher slaughtering a helpless goat with a knife. His dead body was placed in the engine room of the trawler. At this time, terrorists inflated the rubberised dinghy and commenced their journey to the Mumbai coast. They reached Mumbai shore at the Bhai Bhandarkar Macchimar Colony opposite Badhwar Park at approximately 20.30/21.00 hours of November 26, 2008.


