Some Indians living in Karachi were willing to work with Lashkar-e-Tayyaba to carry out terror attacks in India, David Headley has said, apparently referring to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port city of Pakistan.
During his testimony before a 12-member jury of a Chicago court that conducted the trial of Mumbai attacks co-accused Tahawwur Rana, Headley made the reference to “some” Karachi-based Indians willing to work with LeT leader Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed aka Pasha for terrorist attacks inside India.
In response to a question during the testimony, Headley, a Pakistani-American LeT operative, told the court that Pasha had travelled to Karachi to meet these Indians. It is well known that Dawood Ibrahim has been living in Karachi for quite some time now and carrying out operations against India.
“... He (Pasha) had nationals of India who wanted to work in India,” Headley said in response to a question. “Who did Pasha have?” he was asked.
“He had some Indian nationals in Karachi,” Headley said.
“Okay. And when you say work, what were they going to do?” the attorney asked again. “Carry out attacks in India,” Headley said in response.
Headley said that after being encouraged by the success of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri wanted him to travel to India again and carry out surveillance for another set of targets, which included the National Defence College in New Delhi and Chabad houses. —PTI