Pakistan seeks evidence of eye-witness in Mumbai carnage

by Sanjay Jha | February 23, 2009 at 10:25 pm

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Pakistan has sought details like the numbers stored in the memory of the phones and numbers that were called. It has also sought any photographs or audio recordings stored on the cellular phones during the Mumbai terror attack.

In the case of lone surviving terrorist Kasab, who is in custody of Mumbai Police, Pakistan has asked for an "authenticated copy" of his confessional statement as recorded by judicial authorities and "other documentation/diaries recovered from his possession".

Pakistan has asked India to provide the eye witness account of Police Constable Arun Jadhav, who was the lone survivor of the attack on the car carrying Anti-Terror Squad Chief Hemant Karkare on the first day of Mumbai attack, saying its investigators probing the terror strike needed to examine it.
This demand was made in the 30 plus 2 questions handed over to India in the 9 page reply to its (Indian) dossier on 26/11 Mumbai attack.

Jadhav had survived the attack in which ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte, all three traveling in the same car, had been killed by two assailants.

The three top police officials were on their way to a hospital when their vehicle was commandeered by the attackers hiding behind a tree.

As the investigations progress, the investigators here say that they intend to closely study the possible linkage of the Mumbai incident to Samjohota Express incident and Malegoen blasts.

The investigations by India have so far focussed on piling pressure on Pakistan, overlooking serious internal problems.

Analysts say the arrested extremist Hindus in Malegoen blasts warranty broadening of the investigations.

Indian media and certain analysts had soon after the incident described Karkare’s death as a setback for Malegoen blasts.