Sat-phone vital to solving mystery

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sat-phone_vital_to_solving_mystery/articleshow/3771207.cms


AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: The satellite phone and global positioning system (GPS) map recovered from a trawler abandoned in the high seas is now among the
most crucial pieces of evidence connected to the terror attacks on Mumbai. The vessel, Kuber, was found drifting 5-6 nautical miles off the Mumbai shore; the entire crew is missing except for the group leader, Amar Narayan, 38, whose body was found on board with limbs tied, blindfolded and neck slit open.

Kuber is believed to be the mother boat used to launch the inflatable dinghies which carried the terrorists to the seafront at Colaba. Intelligence agencies are scanning the satellite phone’s records to track the places from where calls were made to the vessel. The boat has been now handed over to the Mumbai police.

The trawler had last set out from Porbander, 310 nautical miles from Mumbai, on November 13. Owned by a Porbander fisherman Vinod Masani, it had a five-member crew. Sources believe it was most likely hijacked near the maritime boundary, where incursions by vessels on both sides are frequent.

The terrorists are believed to have used the trawler for cover to make the journey to Mumbai without being detected by the Coast Guard. A nondescript, 25-metre-long fishing vessel bearing the name ‘Kuber’ in the Gujarati script and a Gujarat registration number would have barely raised an eyebrow in a region dotted with numerous such boats. To complete the appearance, it carried nearly 50 kg of marinated fish, rice and lentils.

“Most of the time, we act on specific information. We rarely check such fishing trawlers with Indian flags,’’ admitted a Coast Guard officer.





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The Jammu & Kashmir police had alerted central government about holes in Indian coastal security