Sources in the Anti-Terrorism Squad say the framing of the charges will commence with the view that “it’s not technically possible to complete the 11/7 jigsaw.”
While a special MCOCA court is set to frame charges against those accused in the 11/7 bombings next week, the Pakistani nationals who played crucial roles in the attacks are still at large.
Sources in the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Intelligence Bureau say the framing of the charges will commence with the view that “it’s not technically possible to complete the 11/7 jigsaw.”
Now, almost a year after the bombings, ATS officers believe that the arrest of even one the nine foreign nationals would have given them “clinching evidence” of Pakistan’s direct involvement in the attacks. They fell it would make the case “more watertight”.
In fact, the Mumbai police had claimed that the attacks were the handiwork of Pakistan’s ISI which “used” jihadi groups like Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Also, Interpol hasn’t been able to provide clues to the trans-national offenders whereabouts. Meanwhile, National Security Advisor MK Narayanan has said that the Indian perpetrators’ roles were never “too insignificant”.
Interestingly, though the chargesheet — filed in December last year — is more than 10,000-pages long, authorities fell it is “incomplete” and has “gaping holes”.
For starters, the ATS still doesn’t know much about Aslam, Kasam Ali, Ammu Jaan, Ehsanullah and Abu Hasan, Afizullah, Sabir, Abu Bakr — Pakistani nationals involved in 11/7. The chargesheet had also failed to conclusively link Azaam Cheema, the Bahawalpur (Pakistan)-based Laskar operations chief, with the blasts plot. But, Indian officials have claimed all along that Cheema masterminded the bombings.
The only Pakistan link found in the chargesheet is that Tanveer Mohammad Ansari, Muzzamil Shaikh and Sohail Shaikh — arrested accused — had gone to Pakistan for training via Iran. There are no additional relevant details “contextualizing” their roles in the blasts.
The chargesheet could not link the May 2006 Aurangabad arms and RDX seizure with 11/7, and also says nothing about the “terror money trail”.
“One year later, we are on the look-out for the Pakistani nationals who had played crucial roles in the 11/7 attacks. Since there were several layers of involvement as regards the primary actors as there was a mix of Indian and foreign nationals,” says KP Raghuvanshi, ATS chief and joint commissioner of police.
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