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The focus of Laskhar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley's case has been his role in conducting the reconnaissance for the Mumbai attack on November 26, 2008.
But now, Indian investigators have been struck by the tasks he was assigned for the planned follow-up attack that could have taken place had he not been arrested in Chicago in October.
Primary among his targets was the National Defence College (NDC), located on 6 Tees January Marg in Lutyens New Delhi, opposite Gandhi Smriti - the house were Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
According to his interrogators and as mentioned in his plea agreement, Headley said he was pushed by the LeT handlers to target the so-called ideological spots - the Jewish Chabad Houses, hotels where foreigners and Indians mingled and the Chhatrapati Shivaji train terminal. But the Pakistan Army's Inter- Services Intelligence personnel were reportedly keen that he scout targets related to the military.
Headley told the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) that he had surveyed the NDC and its sister facility, Raksha Bhavan where the students flats are, several times during his visit to New Delhi in 2009. He had once walked 2.5 km from Raksha Bhavan, which is located on Man Singh Road near the Andhra Bhavan roundabout, to the NDC. Whether he also videographed this roundabout is not known. But he did tell the FBI that he had observed the timings of the buses as they ferried the student officers from Raksha Bhavan to the NDC and back.
The college, which is the highest- level training institution for senior officers of the armed forces, houses a hundred students, staff and support personnel at any given time. Many of them are foreigners from countries such as the US, Australia, the UK, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Headley provided the details of the LeTISI link- up in what is being called the 'Karachi Project' of conducting terrorist strikes in India using local recruits, and Lashkar cadre where possible.
However, intelligence officials said Abdul Khwaja, aka Amjad, who was handed over to India from Bangladesh did not use the word "Karachi Project". But he claimed to have met several Indians, including the Bhatkal brothers and Abdul Aziz aka Gidda at a safe house in the high- security cantonment in Karachi.
Headley deal hints at near miss for Delhi military spots: India Today - Latest Breaking News from India, World, Business, Cricket, Sports, Bollywood.
But now, Indian investigators have been struck by the tasks he was assigned for the planned follow-up attack that could have taken place had he not been arrested in Chicago in October.
Primary among his targets was the National Defence College (NDC), located on 6 Tees January Marg in Lutyens New Delhi, opposite Gandhi Smriti - the house were Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
According to his interrogators and as mentioned in his plea agreement, Headley said he was pushed by the LeT handlers to target the so-called ideological spots - the Jewish Chabad Houses, hotels where foreigners and Indians mingled and the Chhatrapati Shivaji train terminal. But the Pakistan Army's Inter- Services Intelligence personnel were reportedly keen that he scout targets related to the military.
Headley told the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) that he had surveyed the NDC and its sister facility, Raksha Bhavan where the students flats are, several times during his visit to New Delhi in 2009. He had once walked 2.5 km from Raksha Bhavan, which is located on Man Singh Road near the Andhra Bhavan roundabout, to the NDC. Whether he also videographed this roundabout is not known. But he did tell the FBI that he had observed the timings of the buses as they ferried the student officers from Raksha Bhavan to the NDC and back.
The college, which is the highest- level training institution for senior officers of the armed forces, houses a hundred students, staff and support personnel at any given time. Many of them are foreigners from countries such as the US, Australia, the UK, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Headley provided the details of the LeTISI link- up in what is being called the 'Karachi Project' of conducting terrorist strikes in India using local recruits, and Lashkar cadre where possible.
However, intelligence officials said Abdul Khwaja, aka Amjad, who was handed over to India from Bangladesh did not use the word "Karachi Project". But he claimed to have met several Indians, including the Bhatkal brothers and Abdul Aziz aka Gidda at a safe house in the high- security cantonment in Karachi.
Headley deal hints at near miss for Delhi military spots: India Today - Latest Breaking News from India, World, Business, Cricket, Sports, Bollywood.
