26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: Who is Amjad Khan?
New Delhi, June 18: The name of a relatively unknown operative of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba came up before a Pakistan court which is hearing the 26/11 attack case. Amjad Khan is a key man in the Lashkar who is accused of facilitating the 26/11 attacks.
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According to the prosecution in Pakistan, he was the one who purchased Yamaha engines and the inflatable boats which were used by the ten terrorists who unleashed havoc in Mumbai on the night of 26/11.
Amjad Khan is an absconding accused and it is evident that him being scot free is a bonus for the Lashkar as he has been their behind the scenes operative facilitating several attacks.
Who
is
Amjad
Khan?
Amjad
Khan
is
like
a
man
Friday
for
the
Lashkar.
He
is
the
son
of
Mohammad
Siddique
and
a
resident
of
Multan.
Although
no
real
details
have
been
made
known
to
India
about
the
age
of
Amjad
Khan,
it
is
quite
clear
that
he
has
been
part
of
the
outfit
for
a
long
time
thus
making
him
a
trusted
lieutenant.
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The investigations conducted in India in the aftermath of the 26/11 attack would show that Khan had been part of the plan since day one. There is also information to suggest that Khan was in that control room in Pakistan as the attack was being carried out.
He is considered to be a determined operative and is good when it comes to arrange thing in the run up to an attack. A close aide of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the operations chief of the Lashkar, Khan has helped stage several attacks in Kashmir as well. He also had a role to play in the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai which killed scores of commuters.
What
does
Pakistan
have
on
Amjad
Khan?
The
investigations
being
conducted
in
Pakistan
are
clearly
not
something
that
they
could
boast
about.
It
is
has
been
conducted
at
a
snail's
pace
and
the
information
that
they
are
putting
up
is
clearly
not
very
helpful.
For
starters
they
are
putting
out
very
few
details
on
Amjad
Khan
who
was
a
key
player.
Moreover
Pakistan
has
not
done
enough
to
nab
him
and
he
continues
to
walk
around
scot
free
in
Pakistan.
There
is
intelligence
to
also
suggest
that
he
had
made
a
visit
to
Bangkok
recently
to
facilitate
a
drug
and
arms
deal
for
the
Lashkar.
He
has
also
been
accused
of
raising
finances.
Coming back to the 26/11 investigation it has been found that he was in the control room when the attacks were taking place. He kept in touch with the attackers through voice over internet connections and also sattelite phones. Even prior to the attack, Amjad Khan stayed in touch with two other operatives, Raiz and Sadiq.
Khan also got in touch with two other operatives called Anjum and Jamil Ahmed through who he had sourced the sattelite phones. Khan's role in purchasing the motors and the inflatable boats which were used by the attackers is something that the Pakistan investigators have found and submitted to a court yesterday.
Testimony before the Pakistan court:
According to the prosecution in Pakitan, Khan was in touch with a Pakistan company for the purchase of motors. He had purchased 8 Yamaha engines from the company and supplied it to the Lashkar. The same motors were fit on the boats that the terrorists used to reach Mumbai.
The general manager of the company testified in court yesterday that his firm had sold the engines to Amjad Khan. Another testimony before the court was made by a customs official. He told the court that the department issued customs clearance certificate of the engines imported from Japan to Khan after he paid the customs duty.
While there is ample material to prove Amjad Khan's involvement in the attack, his whereabouts continue to remain unknown. India has sent several dossiers to Pakistan on the 26/11 attack and in each of them the name of Khan has been mentioned. Pakistan however claims that it has no clue about his whereabouts.
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