Thirty Close Circuit Televisions at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus may hold key to probe

Thirty Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, installed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station in the aftermath of the 7/11 Mumbai train bombings in 2006, hold the key to investigations into Wednesday night’s Terror attack on Mumbai.

Having “roamed around firing indiscriminately” inside the station premises for more than two hours, the images of men unleashing terror at CST are learnt to have been captured by these CCTVs. While Railways Protection Force (RPF) officials were sceptical about the usefulness of CCTV footage given their “skeletal” presence at the station, security agencies were still hopeful of finding some important leads into the identities of the perpetrators through the recorded footage. “The CCTV footage has been sealed and will be handed over to the Anti-Terrorism Squad,” Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Srinivas Mudgerikar said.

The attack at CST railway station, which began around 9.55 pm on Wednesday, left four persons, including three railway employees, dead and seven injured.

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Kerala points north, makes terror arrest: There’s a Valley link

Almost a fortnight after a suspected militant from Kerala was killed by security agencies in North Kashmir, the state police today arrested Abdul Jaleel, 38, a resident of Kannur. Jaleel, an activist of Kerala-based right wing Muslim outfit National Development Front (NDF), is alleged to have had close links with the suspected militant.

According to state intelligence sources, Jaleel, had been under the police radar for some time now following law and order issues in his locality of Edakkadu in Kannur. A painter by profession, he was allegedly active in propagating fundamentalism. He had also taken part in a recent rally organised by the NDF in Kannur to protest against the Indo-US nuclear deal.

While tracking his movements, police reportedly stumbled upon several mobile phone calls that Jaleel had received from Kashmir till October 5, two days before the encounter in Kupwara in which the suspected militant from Kerala was killed.

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