Eleven persons who were allegedly involved in the Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008 have found place in the terrorist list prepared by the Federal Investigation Agency or FIA of Pakistan. It became one of the top news of Mumbai once announced.
The Federal Agency however did not come up with any details on the arrest or bounty for their arrest.
Known as the “red book” in Pakistan, the list includes many others those committed attacks on Benazir Bhutto, Marriot Hotel, and Pervez Musharoff in Islamabad. Yet the report is strangely silent about the prominent Taliban leaders, according to the BBC Urdu reports.
“Although the list is incomplete, it includes sufficient information on suspected militants. The list, received by BBC Urdu, was prepared in October 2009. It includes details on the most dangerous individuals and has been put together with the assistance of provincial police departments and Islamabad police” reports Indian Express, a leading newspaper from India. “What is interesting is that militant leaders from FATA and Swat have not figured in the red book. There is no mention of the Tehrik-e-Taliban leadership in the red book”, it concluded.
In the terrorist attacks on Hotel Taz and others in Mumbai on November 26th 2008, 166 persons were dead and many were injured. While Taliban took the responsibility for the attacks on them, the FIA reports make no mention of Taliban leaders. This despite the fact that as many as 119 persons were listed in the “red book”, seems rather strange to many. The report was prepared in October 2009.
Ten terrorists attached Mumbai on November 26, 2008 and one of them Ajmal Amir Kasab, now a household name throughout the country was arrested. The incident strained the Indo Pakistan relationships considerably. The incident completely disrupted the hitherto glamorous Mumbai night life for months to come.
“The Dawn report said the list does not include names of prominent militant leaders from Swat and Fata region and there was no mention of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s leadership. The list includes the names of 25 wanted people from Punjab, 24 from Sindh and 18 from Balochistan. Pakistani authorities have decided not to arrest Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed on the basis of new dossiers from India claiming that they do not contain “actionable intelligence”, according to a media report in Islamabad”, reports Hindustan Times, another leading daily from India.
While the entire world is trying to fight and eliminate terrorism and many sympathizers of Pakistan are also condemning terrorist actions, notable among them United States, it does not seem that the report was prepared in real earnest by the Pakistani Investigating Agency.
People of Mumbai are not likely to forget the ghastly incident that shook the entire nation and presented many sleepless nights, owes, and anxieties to its citizens and figured as not only top local news of Mumbai but of entire nation for a considerable time span.
