NEW DELHI: After the 26/11 attacks concluded on November 29, 2008 following an NSG operation, there was an atmosphere of celebration and the Lashkar top brass was exchanging hugs in the control room in Karachithough there was a little disappointment ...thatAjmal Kasab had been caught, Abu Jundal has told his interrogators.
The control room in Karachi, which had several satellite phones, mobile phones and television sets, had turned into a celebration room, Jundal said.
"Jundal said the common words after the attack came to an end were 'Mubarak ho! Hamne teen din tak Hindustan ki security forces ke saath ladai ki, jo wo hamesha yaad karenge (we fought with Indian security forces for three days, which they are not going to forget)'. Since the operation had stretched for three days and Kasab had been caught, they were asked by Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to return to their hideouts," a top source said.
Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials questioned him on Tuesday at the Delhi Police Special Cell office for several hours.
Sources said Jundal, who turned into a hardcore jihadi after the Gujarat riots, had no 'remorse' about killing 166 Mumbaikars. "He feels very proud about it and says that he would do it again if he got a chance. He is a well motivated member of Lashkar-e-Taiba who reached the top ranks of the organization in the last six-seven years," an officer said.
Delhi Police sources said Jundal's interrogation may lead to revelations about the hideouts of various Lashkar members and their leaders after 26/11. Jundal has reportedly given details about training camps run by Lashkar operatives in Muridke, Mansera, Azizabad, Muzzafarabad and Paanch Teeni areas of Pakistan.
The investigators are now trying to know more about Muzammil, the operational commander of Lashkar, and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. "He has claimed that Saeed used to visit Karachi and he has met him several times. We are questioning him on the funding part and about hideouts of leaders of Lashkar and Indian Mujahideen in India," said a source.
Jundal is also aware of attacks carried out by Indian Mujahideen chief Ahmad Zarar Siddi Bappa alias Shahrukh recently in India but he has claimed that he never met him.
The control room in Karachi, which had several satellite phones, mobile phones and television sets, had turned into a celebration room, Jundal said.
"Jundal said the common words after the attack came to an end were 'Mubarak ho! Hamne teen din tak Hindustan ki security forces ke saath ladai ki, jo wo hamesha yaad karenge (we fought with Indian security forces for three days, which they are not going to forget)'. Since the operation had stretched for three days and Kasab had been caught, they were asked by Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to return to their hideouts," a top source said.
Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials questioned him on Tuesday at the Delhi Police Special Cell office for several hours.
Sources said Jundal, who turned into a hardcore jihadi after the Gujarat riots, had no 'remorse' about killing 166 Mumbaikars. "He feels very proud about it and says that he would do it again if he got a chance. He is a well motivated member of Lashkar-e-Taiba who reached the top ranks of the organization in the last six-seven years," an officer said.
Delhi Police sources said Jundal's interrogation may lead to revelations about the hideouts of various Lashkar members and their leaders after 26/11. Jundal has reportedly given details about training camps run by Lashkar operatives in Muridke, Mansera, Azizabad, Muzzafarabad and Paanch Teeni areas of Pakistan.
The investigators are now trying to know more about Muzammil, the operational commander of Lashkar, and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. "He has claimed that Saeed used to visit Karachi and he has met him several times. We are questioning him on the funding part and about hideouts of leaders of Lashkar and Indian Mujahideen in India," said a source.
Jundal is also aware of attacks carried out by Indian Mujahideen chief Ahmad Zarar Siddi Bappa alias Shahrukh recently in India but he has claimed that he never met him.
