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| Mumbai: Cops explain taxi mystery |
| 2008-11-30 |
| MUMBAI: If there has been one inexplicable angle in the terror plot it has been the two blasts in taxis at Wadi Bunder and at Vile Parle on Wednesday night. The two powerful blasts which reduced the two cabs to merely axle and wheel did not tie in with the terrorist operations which were limited to major hubs in south Mumbai. Now it appears that the explosive-laden taxis were not meant to carry death to other parts of Mumbai, rather the terrorists wanted to eliminate any trail that might lead the investigators to them early on. In this case it meant the hapless taxi drivers who ferried two batches of terrorists from near Badhwar Park to various destinations. Just as these men killed everyone they met on their way from Porbander to Mumbai, including a fisherman on the boat Kuber which they had hijacked, the taxi drivers were the other men who could identify them. "We suspect that the terrorists had planted bombs in the taxis in anticipation that those taximen may leak their plans and may identify them later. We are cross checking these details," said Joint Commissioner of Police (crime), Rakesh Maria. According to crime branch officials, a batch of ten terrorists landed at Machchimar Nagar at Cuffe Parade at around 8.30 pm on Wednesday in dinghies. From there, as reported by us earlier, they split in four groups. Four of them went toward the Taj, two to CST, two to the Trident and the final two to Nariman House. In all, these men hired four taxis. Crime Branch officers now suspect that possibly explosive devices were left in these cabs both of which went off within 15 minutes of each other and seem otherwise unrelated to the main terror operation. Investigators said they were trying to locate all taxis that the terrorists may have used from Badhwar Park. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #1 Any possibility the taxis blew up because their drivers strenuously objected to being used in that manner? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-11-30 17:01 |