Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi, Dec 02: India on Monday told Pakistan that Mumbai terror attacks were carried out by elements from that country and that it wants strong action against those terrorists. Shahid Malik the High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned in Delhi and was conveyed India’s its dissatisfaction over the statement issued by Pakistan denying its role in the attack.
Shahid Malik the High Commissioner of Pakistan was summoned in Delhi and was conveyed India’s its dissatisfaction over the statement issued by Pakistan denying its role in the attack. It also told him to act on the Most Wanted List within seven days.
The Indian External Affairs Ministry communicated its concerns about the sincerity of Pakistan’s efforts and demanded why any action is not being taken on the Most Wanted criminal list issued by India.
With an immediate effect India asked Pakistan to hand over the most wanted underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Azhar Masood .
Pak denies role
Pakistan however has denied any link with the Mumbai attacks and assured India that it will take strictest action if evidence is found linking Pakistani citizens to the blasts.
"We have not been summoned. It was a pre-planned, routine meeting," Shah Zaman Khan, press minister at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi said to a news agency.
According to intelligence agencies, terrorists who targeted 10 locations in Mumbai came to the city via sea route from Karachi.
But soon after India summoned Pakistan's envoy to lodge a protest and demand "strong action" against those responsible, Islamabad
responded in a similar manner.
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir summoned Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal in Islamabad to give a "response" to the Indian demarche, rejecting New Delhi's contention.
Ultras sailed from Karachi
Pakistani Merchant Vessel MV Al Husseni was used by the 10 Laskar-e-Taiba terrorists before they shifted to an Indian fishing boat to reach Mumbai, suggest investigators probing the terror carnage.
During interrogation, Ajmal Amin Kamal, a militant arrested during the siege, said that they had boarded Al Husseni docked at a distance from Karachi port and were to be dropped near Mumbai waters, official sources said.
Kamal, who hails from a poor family of Multan, Punjab, was caught on close circuit television as he and his associates went on a rampage on Wednesday night.
He told the investigators that they made a last minute decision to shift to the Indian shipping vessel to avoid detection by Indian Navy and Coastguard.
The Lashker terrorist said his other team members caught hold of five men on MV Kuber and then killed four of them while keeping one -- Amarsinh -- alive to drive the launch vehicle to Cuffe Parade port in Mumbai.
"Char halal ho gaye jenab (four have been killed)," was the message relayed by one of the Lashker terrorists to his masters across the border.
The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had intercepted this message but could not make out anything of it except for reissuing the warning to Coast Guard to increase vigil, the sources claimed.