Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: October 7, 2010
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/288300/26/11-Pak-majors-in-the-dock-Interpol-issues-Red-Corner-Notice.html
International arrest warrants were issued
by the Interpol against five Pakistani nationals including two serving Army
Majors for their alleged role in Mumbai terror attack and plotting to carry
out more strikes in this country.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which
is probing the role of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley in India,
had approached the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi which issued
a non-bailable warrant against the five Pakistanis.
The Interpol Red Corner Notice were issued
against Illyas Kashmiri, Major Sameer Ali, Major Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Hashim
alias "Pasha" and Sajid Majid alias Sajid Mir, a NIA official said
today. The action followed a request from India.
India had already secured a Red Corner Notice
against founder of terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) Hafeez Saeed, his
close aide Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Mohammed Ramadhan Mohammed Siddiqui alias
Abu Hamza.
The court issued the non-bailable warrant
against the five after the NIA submitted interrogation report of Headley conducted
by its official during the visit of its team to Chicago in June this year.
The names of these five were also included
in several dossiers sent by India to Pakistan.
Headley helped NIA identify voices of handlers
giving instructions to the holed-up terrorists during the 60-hour carnage
in Mumbai in November 2008. The handlers included Abu Hamza, the man who carried
out the attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and a key
planner, instructor and handler.
He also identified Sajid Majid, a top LeT
terrorist, who asked the terrorists in Chabad House to ensure that none of
the Israelis were left alive.
Abdur Rehman retired in 2007 from the Pakistan
army as a Major. He worked closely with Lashkar-e-Taiba and coordinated the
activities of Headley. He was arrested in 2009 in Pakistan on unspecified
charges and later released.
Major Iqbal was Headley's handler who arranged
funds and training in intelligence-gathering. Iqbal gave him 25,000 dollars
in August 2006 to visit India. Another Pakistani Major Sameer Ali was also
named by the Pakistani-American terrorist.
The Interpol had on August 25 last year issued
Red Corner notices to Saeed, Lakhvi and Abu Hamza. The notices were issued
after a Mumbai court issued a non-bailable warrant against the two for their
role in the Mumbai attack.
India has also sent proof and request for
issuing a similar warrant against Lashker commander Zarar Shah and Abu Al
Qama, to which the the Interpol has said that it was analysing the evidence
against them.
Saeed had allegedly provided training to terrorists
between 2007 and 2008-end at Muridke (LeT headquarters), Manshera, Muzzafarabad,
Azizabad, Paanch Teni in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
