Why 26/11 chargesheet does not mention a single ISI officer?

27 February,2009 07:47 AM IST |   |  Ketan Ranga

That's because arrested terrorist Qasab is too small a player to know anything about the biggies from the Pakistani agencies suspected of plotting attack


That's because arrested terrorist Qasab is too small a player to know anything about the biggies from the Pakistani agencies suspected of plotting attack

The 11,280-page charge sheet against 47 accused involved in last year's terror attacks on Mumbai does not

small fry: Mohammad Ajmal Qasab

mention a single officer from the two Pakistani agencies that are widely suspected of having a hand in the attacks.


Senior Crime Branch officers say arrested 26/11 terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Qasab's confessions are not enough for the Mumbai police to point a finger at officers of the Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and army.

"While Qasab is a big catch for us, he is only one of the many minor operatives who are indoctrinated, trained and sent on such missions. He only knows people from the Lashkar-e-Taiba he met during his indoctrination in Pakistan," said a senior officer.

Not surprisingly, Qasab has not been able to give any details on the involvement of the ISI or Pakistani army officers in the attacks so far, Crime Branch officers say.

"He is too small in the terrorists' scheme of things to know much about the big players. To know more we will have to nab one of the main conspirators in Pakistan like Hafeez Saeed, the president of Jamat-ud-Dawa," said the officer.
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