India Gives Ultimatum To Pak Over Most Wanted List

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New Delhi: With more and more evidence surfacing about the alleged involvement of Pakistan-based elements in the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attacks, India on Monday summoned Shahid Malik the High Commissioner of Pakistan and expressed its dissatisfaction over the statement issued by Pakistan denying its role in the attack.

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 Daood Ibrahim and Azhar Masood . In a strict tone, the Ministry warned the envoy and said that Pakistan should give a convincing reply within seven days.

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.

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.



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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.


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