Cell phones used in Mumbai attacks probed

MUMBAI, Aug. 14 (UPI) --

The five cell phones allegedly used in the Mumbai terror attacks were made by Nokia in China and shipped to Pakistan, a witness told an Indian court Friday.

The witness, identified only as an enforcement manager of Nokia in the United States, was deposed via video conference from a U.S. FBI office to a special court in Mumbai, the Press Trust of India reported.

PTI reported the witness, whose testimony showed evidence of a Pakistani link in the Mumbai terror attacks last November in which more than 160 died, told the court the phones were shipped to Pakistan in June 2008.

"I believe these phones were shipped from China to Pakistan," the witness told prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

The witness said the phones were identified through the special International Mobile Equipment Identification number assigned to each phone.

India claims the terror attacks were planned and masterminded by Laskhar-e-Toiba militants in Pakistan. The court is hearing the case of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole survivor among the 10 people who allegedly staged the attacks.

The five Nokia cell phones were recovered by police from the nine other alleged attackers who were killed during the siege.


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Published: Friday 14th of August 2009 07:45:09 AM
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