MUMBAI, June 25 (UPI) -- Terrorist Abu Jindal admitted to his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai shootings and bombings following his arrest in New Delhi Monday, police said.
While being interrogated by police, Jindal, also known as Syed Zabiuddin, admitted to working closely with Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a founding member of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba and the alleged mastermind behind the November 2008 attacks that left 64 people dead and at least 200 injured, PTI reported.
Jindal also admitted being present for LeT meetings and giving orders to the 10 terrorists who carried out the strike.
Police sources said Jindal trained the terrorists who carried out the attacks and was a key conspirator, CNN-IBN reported.
Nine gunmen also were killed and in the coordinated attacks on luxury hotels, the main railway station and a Jewish cultural center.
The lone surviving attacker, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, was convicted in May 2010 of murder and waging war on India. He was sentenced to death.
Jindal was deported from Saudi Arabia at India's request earlier this month, officials said.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram said, "Abu Jindal has been apprehended and remanded to custody of law enforcement agencies."
The Mumbai Crime Branch is expected to send investigators to New Delhi within the next few days to try to have Jindal transferred to Mumbai for more questioning.
Officials involved in the investigation said Jindal had told Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists carrying out attack in Nariman House, home to the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch, to convey to the media that the "attack was a trailer and the entire movie was yet to come," Press Trust of India reported.
India had obtained an Interpol Red Corner notice against Jindal, accusing him of crimes involving weapons and explosives.
