Mumbai, July 12: There was no evidence of local help for the gunmen involved in the November 26 terror strikes and
a series of calls made by Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers prior to
the attacks was only to keep the internet telephony account
active, a senior police official said on Sunday.
"A series of random calls had been made by the LeT
handlers using the Callphonex account since they were required
to maintain a certain amount of traffic in order to keep the
account active," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh
Maria said.
"We have verified every call that was made to India
including the random ones and there was no evidence of local
support found," he said.
Handlers of the gunmen who were involved in the attack
had used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) account of
Callphonex, a US-based service provider, to make calls to the
attackers while they were holed up at locations like Nariman
House and Taj and Oberoi hotels in the city.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who is conducting
the trial in the November 26 case, said that the statements of
all the persons who received calls had been recorded and
nothing suspicious had been found about them.
"The handlers called numbers randomly which is evident
since the calls lasted only between 30 to 40 seconds," he
said.
Bureau Report
