‘LeT to use 150 paragliders for aerial attacks on Indian cities’

Aug 12, 2012, 04:59AM








Mumbai: The 26/11 handler Abu Jundal, who is currently in Mumbai prison, has revealed that terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) is planning to carry out aerial attacks on Indian cities. He has told the Mumbai Police that LeT has also trained 150 paragliders to execute the attack.



He has reportedly revealed that he got to know of the LeT’s plans when he visited what he calls the “Jumbo Jet Room” in 2010. He claims that “Jumbo Jet Room” is actually a huge bunglow in eastern Karachi where top Lashkar commanders plan aerial and sea route attacks on India.



During interrogation by Mumbai Police, he also revealed that these attacks are supervised by a man called Yakub who is also in charge of LeT’s accounts.



He said when he visited the “Jumbo Jet Room”, he saw 150 parachutes sealed in boxes. When he enquired about them, Yakub reportedly told him about the LeT’s plans to attck Indian cities.



According to investigators, Yakub is believed to be the mentor of David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American LeT operative, who has been convicted in the US of scouting targets in Mumbai for the Lashkar ahead of the 26/11 attacks.



Investigators revealed that Jundal told them that at the “Jumbo Jet Room”, he had once met Headley who was introduced to him by Yakub as a “foreign friend.”



Jundal said that the “Jumbo Jet Room” was initially situated in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The base camp was shifted to Karachi after the 26/11 attacks.



Abu Jundal has also told the Mumbai Police about two more premises - the Karachi House and the Kashmir House. According to him, while the Karachi House in Muzaffrabad is primarily the place where LeT plans all its operations on Indian cities, the Kashmir House is dedicated only for planning attacks on Kashmir. All 26/11 terrorists, including Ajmal Aamir Kasab, were trained at the Karachi House, Jundal has revealed.



(With inputs from NDTV)

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