The state-run forensic laboratory and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have analysed hundreds of pieces of evidence - both physical and
electronic - to be used in the trial against the lone 26/11 terrorist caught alive, Amir Ajmal Kasab. The forensic lab is working overtime as well as on weekends to help the police present a watertight case in court; FBI help is coming in for analysing all the communication, via e-mail, satellite phone and GPS devices, between the 10 terrorists and their masters in Pakistan
What the forensic lab got
Evidence I: Arms & Ammo
The forensic lab has carried out 69 ballistic tests on the arms and ammunition recovered from the sites (Taj, Oberoi, Cafe Leopold, Nariman House and CST). The evidence includes AK-47s, 9-mm pistols, bullets and cartridges, hand grenades, traces of TNT and detonators used by the terrorists. The police say the 9-mm pistols used by the terrorists were manufactured by the Pakistan-based Diamond Nedi Frontier Arms Company and the grenades by Arges, a Pakistan Ordnance Factory franchisee.
Evidence II: The Rdx-Laced Bombs
Tests have revealed that the bombs used by the terrorists contained RDX. Two exploded in taxis at Vile Parle and Wadi Bunder, two at Oberoi, one exploded on the fifth floor of the Taj, two were discovered around the hotel, one burst on the Nariman House premises, another a few metres away at a petrol pump and the 10th (and last) was recovered from a bag left behind at CST.
Evidence III: The Debris
The debris from the two taxi blast sites at Wadi Bunder and Vile Parle has been analysed.
Evidence IV: DNA samples from articles of daily use
DNA samples of Kasab and the nine other terrorists matched with those found on articles they used on M V Kuber (the fishing trawler they travelled in from Porbandar to Mumbai). Forensic experts collected DNA samples of 16 articles. Ten were collected from toothbrushes, jackets, blankets and food packets and all matched with samples collected from the 10 terrorists. But six DNA samples gathered from the trawler did not match the terrorists'; officials said they must have belonged to Kuber crew members. This evidence proves conclusively that the terrorists travelled by the trawler.
Evidence V: The Motor
The terrorists used a dinghy to land at Badhwar Park, Cuffe Parade. The motor used in the dinghy was a Yamaha engine imported into Pakistan and distributed by Business of Engineering Trends, Lahore.
Evidence VI: The Viscera
Forensic experts also examined the slain terrorists' viscera. It did not show traces of any drug but established that they had been on a diet of nuts before entering Mumbai.
What's Left
Experts are yet to analyse a few ballistic samples and a couple of detonators.
What the police expect from FBI
The e-mail angle
The FBI is assisting Mumbai's cops in probing the origin of the e-mails sent on the evening of 26/11, purportedly by Deccan Mujahideen, from IP address deccanmujahideen@gmail.com. The address has been traced to a proxy server in Russia. LeT communication coordinator Zarrar Shah supervised the creation of a new e-mail account and had another ID, drmoazam@ymail.com, registered in Pakistan on 24 June 2008.
The satellite phone
The terrorists used Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to contact their handlers based in Pakistan. One of the virtual numbers was set up with a US company, Callphonex, by one Kharak Singh from India; payment for the account was made from Italy by Pakistani national Javid Iqbal.
The GPS trail
The Global Positioning System was pre-programmed to help the terrorists reach Badhwar Park. Officials suspect the terrorists used the GPC to travel and locate their targets.
The guns
The FBI is also assisting Mumbai investigators to locate the origin of the 10 AK-47s used in the attack.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Evidence_stacks_up_against_Kasab/articleshow/4157735.cms
electronic - to be used in the trial against the lone 26/11 terrorist caught alive, Amir Ajmal Kasab. The forensic lab is working overtime as well as on weekends to help the police present a watertight case in court; FBI help is coming in for analysing all the communication, via e-mail, satellite phone and GPS devices, between the 10 terrorists and their masters in Pakistan
What the forensic lab got
Evidence I: Arms & Ammo
The forensic lab has carried out 69 ballistic tests on the arms and ammunition recovered from the sites (Taj, Oberoi, Cafe Leopold, Nariman House and CST). The evidence includes AK-47s, 9-mm pistols, bullets and cartridges, hand grenades, traces of TNT and detonators used by the terrorists. The police say the 9-mm pistols used by the terrorists were manufactured by the Pakistan-based Diamond Nedi Frontier Arms Company and the grenades by Arges, a Pakistan Ordnance Factory franchisee.
Evidence II: The Rdx-Laced Bombs
Tests have revealed that the bombs used by the terrorists contained RDX. Two exploded in taxis at Vile Parle and Wadi Bunder, two at Oberoi, one exploded on the fifth floor of the Taj, two were discovered around the hotel, one burst on the Nariman House premises, another a few metres away at a petrol pump and the 10th (and last) was recovered from a bag left behind at CST.
Evidence III: The Debris
The debris from the two taxi blast sites at Wadi Bunder and Vile Parle has been analysed.
Evidence IV: DNA samples from articles of daily use
DNA samples of Kasab and the nine other terrorists matched with those found on articles they used on M V Kuber (the fishing trawler they travelled in from Porbandar to Mumbai). Forensic experts collected DNA samples of 16 articles. Ten were collected from toothbrushes, jackets, blankets and food packets and all matched with samples collected from the 10 terrorists. But six DNA samples gathered from the trawler did not match the terrorists'; officials said they must have belonged to Kuber crew members. This evidence proves conclusively that the terrorists travelled by the trawler.
Evidence V: The Motor
The terrorists used a dinghy to land at Badhwar Park, Cuffe Parade. The motor used in the dinghy was a Yamaha engine imported into Pakistan and distributed by Business of Engineering Trends, Lahore.
Evidence VI: The Viscera
Forensic experts also examined the slain terrorists' viscera. It did not show traces of any drug but established that they had been on a diet of nuts before entering Mumbai.
What's Left
Experts are yet to analyse a few ballistic samples and a couple of detonators.
What the police expect from FBI
The e-mail angle
The FBI is assisting Mumbai's cops in probing the origin of the e-mails sent on the evening of 26/11, purportedly by Deccan Mujahideen, from IP address deccanmujahideen@gmail.com. The address has been traced to a proxy server in Russia. LeT communication coordinator Zarrar Shah supervised the creation of a new e-mail account and had another ID, drmoazam@ymail.com, registered in Pakistan on 24 June 2008.
The satellite phone
The terrorists used Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to contact their handlers based in Pakistan. One of the virtual numbers was set up with a US company, Callphonex, by one Kharak Singh from India; payment for the account was made from Italy by Pakistani national Javid Iqbal.
The GPS trail
The Global Positioning System was pre-programmed to help the terrorists reach Badhwar Park. Officials suspect the terrorists used the GPC to travel and locate their targets.
The guns
The FBI is also assisting Mumbai investigators to locate the origin of the 10 AK-47s used in the attack.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Evidence_stacks_up_against_Kasab/articleshow/4157735.cms
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