26/11 conspirator Tahawwur Rana admits presence in Mumbai during attacks
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of the key conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has made explosive revelations, saying he was in the city at the time of the carnage and was a trusted agent of the Pakistani army.
Rana, who is in NIA custody in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, told the Mumbai Crime Branch during questioning that he and his friend and aide David Coleman Headley had several training sessions with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, sources said.
Rana also said that the LeT mainly worked as a spy network, they said.
According to sources, Rana said the idea of opening an immigration centre of his firm in Mumbai was his, and financial transactions in it were also done as business expenses. He also admitted he was in Mumbai during the 26/11 attacks and that was part of the terrorists’ plan, sources said.
Rana said he inspected places like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and believed that the 26/11 attacks were carried out in collaboration with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), sources said.
The 64-year-old also said he was sent by the Pakistani army to Saudi Arabia during the Khaleej War, sources further said.
Following his questioning, the Mumbai Police are preparing to arrest Rana as soon as possible and take him into custody.