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| Japanese company official testifies in Mumbai terror attacks case |
| 2009-08-13 |
| A representative of a Japanese company Thursday deposed before the Indian special court trying Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the only militant caught alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last November. The representative of Yamaha Motor Company in Japan told the court via video-conferencing from FBI office in Los Angeles that a Pakistani company imported an outboat machine from them, which the10 terrorists used in their dingy to enter Mumbai to carry out the attacks on Nov. 26 last year, an Indian Home Ministry official said, on condition of anonymity. "The engine had been dispatched by the Yamaha Company in Japan to Business and Engineering Trends Company in Pakistan on Jan. 20 last year. In fact, the machine was dispatched to the Karachi sea port in Pakistan and the payment was made in Japan itself," the official quoted the Yamaha representative as telling the court. The special court also accepted a letter on the company's letterhead, written and signed by one Michelle, the Assistant Services Manager of Yamaha, stating that the machine was sent to Pakistan. The FBI acquired the letter during its probe, the official said. An FBI agent Wednesday testified before the special court, saying that the Global Positioning Satellite devices and a satellite phone used by terrorists, which he examined during course of the probe, clearly indicated that they came from Karachi.The FBI agent was in Mumbai to testify and his identity has been kept secret by the court. India has charged Kasab with 302 crimes, including waging war against the state, for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks on Nov. 26, which claimed the lives of over 170 people, including foreign nationals. |
| Posted by:john frum |