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Red corner notice against five Pakistanis for 26/11

NEW DELHI: Interpol, at India's behest, has issued Red Corner Notices (RCN) against five people, including a retired and two serving Pakistani army majors, for their direct role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The RCNs have been issued against HuJI commander Ilyas Kashmiri, Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Sajid Majid, serving Pakistani army officers Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali and retired officer Major Abdur Rehman on the basis of non-bailable warrants secured against them by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) through a Delhi court. The global arrest notice against Kashmiri comes at a time when intelligence agencies have found inputs about his involvement in other plots against India as well. The names of the five men were disclosed by American terrorist David Coleman Headley during his interrogation by NIA and the FBI. "Besides the Mumbai terror attack, they were involved in a series of attacks in India from time to time," the RCNs issued against them said. Though Pakistan has a history of ignoring the world police body's notices against terrorists, the move may put some pressure on it to deliver on its promises to the international community. The case of Lashkar founder and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed -- against whom India had secured an RCN in the wake of 26/11 -- is a blatant example of Pakistan's stand over Interpol and UN Security Council notices against terrorists linked to al-Qaida. Saeed, despite being put on the list of global terrorists, has not only been moving freely in Pakistan but has also been making provocative anti-India and anti-America speeches in various public gatherings. Another Lashkar commander and one of the 26/11 masterminds, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, is the other accused against whom Interpol had issued an RCN in the Mumbai attack case. All these terrorists along with others, including Zarah Shah, Abu al-Qama and Abu Kahafa, had closely worked with Headley in executing LeT's plot to attack Mumbai in November 2008 in which 160 people, including six US citizens, were killed. LeT's operational commander Sajid Majid alias Sajid Mir of Lahore had played a crucial role in planning and executing 26/11. He was also one of the handlers of Headley who was arrested by FBI at Chicago airport in October last year. HuJI commander Ilyas Kashmiri is also a member of al-Qaida's deadly 313 Brigade, which is believed to be one of the outfits that trained the 10 Mumbai attackers, including the arrested Ajmal Kasab. Headley's interrogation and subsequent investigation revealed that serving Pakistan army officers Major Sameer Ali and Major Iqbal, along with the retired Major Syed Abdur Rehman, had worked with Lashkar to carry out the 26/11 attack.

                                                                                                               
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