Rana confronted with inputs on 2008 serial hits

New Delhi:On the second day of his custody, 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was grilled by the NIA over the information that he had given earlier to the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation and confronted with additional inputs available with Indian agencies connected to the 2008 serial hits. According to sources, Rana was also confronted with the voice samples of two Pakistani Army officers — Major Sameer Ali alias Major Samir and Major Iqbal alias Major Ali — who were the handlers of the 10-member Pakistani terror team which had perpetrated the attacks and actively coordinated their movements to create mayhem through the attacks. In the secured and heavily guarded NIA headquarters, Rana’s interrogation is being videographed and his voice sample has been sent for forensic matching with the recordings of his conversation with the Pakistan Army officer Sameer Ali, which could serve as crucial evidence establishing his role in the terror plot, sources said. Inputs with the NIA suggest that Rana, clad in a Pakistani Army uniform, met Major Iqbal, a suspected ISI officer, which is a pointer to the nexus between him and state actors in Islamabad.