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Mumbai attack was run from Pakistan, India says
View(s):NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) The leader of the Pakistan-based militant group India blames for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks may have been present in a Pakistani “control room” where the attacks were coordinated, India said on Friday.
Indian authorities have long viewed Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as the mastermind of the attacks in which 166 people were killed.
In April the United States announced a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Although Islamabad did not react to the charges on Friday, it previously has rejected Indian allegations of any involvement and said it has acted against the members of Lashkar-e-Taiba accused of mounting the raid.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters that questioning of an Indian man suspected of helping plot the operation had revealed the existence of the control room and suggested it had state support.
“Yes, others were also present and we think one of them was Hafiz Saeed,” Chidambaram said when asked if the group’s founder had been in the room at the time.
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