India: Mumbai attackers called Pak officer

NEW DELHI, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The men who attacked Mumbai in November made telephone calls to a Pakistani Army colonel, prosecutors say.

In the charge sheet for the one alleged terrorist who survived the standoff that followed the attack, the officer is identified as Col. R. Sadatullah, assigned to the SCO, The Times of India reports. The newspaper describes the SCO as a government telecommunications agency operated by the Army in Kashmir and the Northwest Frontier region.

Investigators say the terrorists made almost 300 telephone calls from Mumbai to Pakistan during the siege, getting detailed instructions from handlers there.

The charge sheet, which runs 11,509 pages, identifies 38 suspects. Only three are being held, the alleged terrorist and two Indians charged with aiding the group.

Others on the list include members of Lashkar-e-Toiba, an Islamist group based in Kashmir.

The attacks -- aimed at two upscale hotels, the Taj Mahal and Oberoi Trident, a Jewish community center and other locations. -- killed 173 people.