‘Top Lashkar leader asked Headley about Mumbai rush hours’

‘Top Lashkar leader asked Headley about Mumbai rush hours’

Weeks before the Mumbai attacks, LeT commander Sajid Mir had sought to know from an on-vacation David Headley the peak rush hours at the train station where the Pakistani-American had conducted surveillance, fresh court documents have said.

Headley had taken his wife and kids on a vacation during which he received several text messages from Mir seeking to know the peak hours at Mumbai stations.

“While Headley was with his family he received numerous text messages from Sajid regarding the train station in India where Headley had conducted surveillance,” it said. Headley provided the details to Mir. “Headley believed this was in about August of 2008,” the FBI said.

“Sajid wanted to know the busy and slow times at the train station. Headley said he provided the information asked why Sajid wanted to know. Sajid did not provide an explanation,” the FBI said.