Apart from the 30 questions, there is annexure B, which many in India would regard as “mischievous” and a desire by Pakistan to obfuscate the issue.
Pakistan daily
Dawn on Tuesday published the 30 questions Islamabad has asked India. The queries are mostly routine.
The replies will be contained in the charge-sheet Mumbai police will file against Mohammad Ajmal Amin Kasab by Friday.
Apart from the 30 questions, there is annexure B, which many in India would regard as “mischievous” and a desire by Pakistan to obfuscate the issue.
One of the queries relates to the death of ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who was gunned down near Mumbai’s Cama hospital with two other senior officers, Salaskar and Kamte.
Pakistan had earlier hinted that Karkare was killed because he tried to investigate involvement of Hindu hardliners in the terror attack on Samjhauta Express, where many Pakistanis returning from India were killed.
He had also pointed fingers at Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, a serving member of the Indian army and implicated by the ATS. Pakistan wants the eye-witness account of Jugdev, the constable who saw the gunmen who killed the three officers.
Many believe that at the moment the focus should not get diverted to Karkare’s killing, which investigators say is part of 26/11 plot. Karkare was not killed by Hindu fundamentalists but by terrorists from Karachi. “This is so typical of Pakistan. Instead of concentrating on the Mumbai carnage they wish to diffuse the focus,” an official who did not wish to be identified said.
But analysts like C Uday Bhaskar feel, “Frankly this is a statement of fact, Karkare was investigating the Samjhauta attack and questioning certain people. I believe it is important not to get emotional but be as transparent as possible. At the end of the day we need to get certain answers from Pakistan and it is best to give as much as we reasonably can without getting agitated.” After all, he said, it is in India’s interest to get to the bottom of this attack.
Pakistan also wanted information on links between diamond merchants operating from Surat and Hindus in diamond trade in Pakistan.
Here are the 30 questions and two more
Annexure-A 1. Kasab statement copy
2. Kasab I-card number and other documents
3. Cell phone he has used
4. Killed terrorists’ description
5. Digital note books recovered from terrorists
6. Copies of memos of
articles found on terrorists
7. Evidence of terrorists’ connectivity to militants abroad
8. Logs of cell phone
intercepts
9. Transcripts of conversations among terrorists and with handlers
10. Cell-phone numbers tracked after attack
11. Intercepted voice identified by Kasab as that of alleged handlers
12. Details in stored memory of Thuraya phone
13. Details of cell phones recovered from accused,
14. Fingerprints of the 10
15. Fingerprints from recovered weapons
16. Clear photographs of the accused
17. DNA profiles of the 10
18. Post-mortem reports of all killed terrorists
19. Forensic analysis and photograph of engravings on Yamaha engine
20. Photographs of engravings on weapons
21. Confirmation if the pistols were 9 mm
22. Headers of email received from
deccanmujahideen@gmail.com claiming responsibility
23. All CCTV footage
24. GPS data regarding travelling log
25. Details of batteries
26. Photograph identified by Ajmal as Lakhvi
27. Information pertaining to tailor, brand names and dry cleaning of clothes
28. Google Earth does not carry details of security systems. Further details
29. Why terrorists did not come to the notice of Gujarat and Maharashtra governments after travelling by sea in their territory? How they managed to evade so many coastal radars.
30. Interrogation reports of Mukhtar Ahmed (counter-insurgency officer) and Tausif Rehman, Indian nationals arrested for providing SIMs to terrorists
Annexure-BEye witness account of Jugdev, eye-witness to ATS chief Hemant Karkare’s death
Links between diamond merchants in Surat and Hindus in Pakistan
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