LeT terrorists trained to carry out marine terror ops

BLUE THREAT: Captured terrorist reveals they got onto trawlers to enter Mumbai.

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Mumbai: Police on Thursday arrested a man named Ismail, an alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist, in connection with a series of attacks across Mumbai’s busiest and most opulent areas over the last two days.

Even as at least 20 heavily-armed terrorists are believed to be carrying out the attacks, the country's intelligence apparatus is exploring all possible leads into the case.

Armed with RDX, M6 guns and grenades, terrorists reportedly took the sea route to enter Mumbai. Home Ministry sources claimed that the terrorists reached the Indian waters just 12 nautical miles from Mumbai.

Interrogation of the four alleged terrorists, who were captured by the National Security Guards (NSG) and Marine Commandos on Thursday, revealed the same information as the Home Ministry sources.

Amir Raza Kamal — one of the suspected terrorists — allegedly disclosed that they clambered into smaller boats before touching Mumbai shores at Sassoon Docks, following which they spread across Southern Bombay in pairs.

“They (terrorists) came and docked. They set up control rooms at the Taj and the Trident hotel and managed the entire operation in this manner. So obviously it was planned over months. They have sophisticated weapons with them,” Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said.

Amongst various al-Qaeda affiliated terror groups, the LeT is the only one trained to carry out maritime terrorism.