Crime Branch probes 26/11 email ID’s

The Crime Branch has approached authorities in Russia, United States and Kuwait for details about those who accessed the email ID, used by perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks, from their soils. Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) operatives may have accessed the account from the three countries, the Crime Branch said.

According to the Crime Branch, the ID, kharak_telco@yahoo.com, was created a few days before the attacks in the name of ‘Kharak Singh’ (a pseudo name of a Pakistani conspirator), who had made the payment for a VoIP (voiceover internet protocol) account of Callphonex, a company based in New Jersey, USA. The VoIP account was used by the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai to stay in touch with their handlers and co-conspirators in Pakistan.

The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Mumbai police has found out that the ID was accessed from 10 different locations — two in Chicago, USA; one in Kuwait; two in Moscow, Russia; and the rest in Pakistan. 
“Different individuals had accessed the account,” a Crime Branch officer said, requesting anonymity. “But we are not sure if those who accessed it from Kuwait, Chicago and Moscow were LeT operatives.”
Three people - Colonel Sadatullah, Khurram Shahzad, and Sajid Iftikhar - had accessed the account from Pakistan, the Crime Branch said. They have been named as wanted in the 26/11 chargesheet filed by the Crime Branch.

In Kuwait, the account was accessed by one Ahmed Mekky from Safat, and in Russia Vladimir N Zernov from Koroliov had logged into it. The Crime Branch does not have details of the person who accessed it from Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, the officer said.