Vicky Nanjappa

The brutality with which the 26/11 operation was carried out by “ten” fidayeens could be attributed more to the training of the ‘mind’ compared to physical training. According to experts, the training which is imparted to these men physically makes them tough fighters, it is the mental training and constant brainwashing that makes them brutal […]

Upset at what they consider the deliberate implication of the Muslim community in terror attacks, varoius Muslim organisations last week formed an umbrella body — Coordination Committee for Indian Muslims — to raise their voice against the development. After a meeting at the Jamaat e Islami Hind in New Delhi, held in the wake of […]

The Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad came in for a lot of flak post 26/11 since many believe this high profile police unit was caught napping by the attacks. The ATS also lost its chief Hemant Karkare in the terror assault. ATS Chief K P S Raghuvanshi tells rediff.com’s Vicky Nanjappa that the Squad is now fully […]

Vicky Nanjappa provides a glimpse of what Rahul Bhatt, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s son and a ‘witness’ in the case against David Headley, revealed during questioning. The questioning of Rahul Bhatt, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s son, regarding his connection to American national and arrested Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley has revealed several interesting details. Sources in the Intelligence […]

David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative who was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in October, is proving to be an important link in unraveling the terror network. Intelligence Bureau agents have informed the Mumbai police that Headley made several visits to the city. The police are now probing Headley’s links with the 26/11 terror […]

If the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad is to be believed, then the Hindu activists arrested in Indore were responsible for the bomb blast at Malegaon in September, which killed six people, to avenge the various acts of terror carried out in the country. The operation undertaken by the Mumbai cops has put several Hindu groups […]

Dreaded terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri runs Al Qaeda’s 313 Brigade. A few weeks ago the United States declared that Kashmiri had been killed in a drone attack. However, Kashmiri resurfaced with an interview to Asia Times this week, declaring he had survived the attack. In the interview Kashmiri said the 26/11 Mumbai attacks were nothing compared […]

After the elite National Security Guard took over the operation against the ten terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26 last year, they neutralised the eight terrorists and took control of the Trident hotel, Nariman House and the Taj Mahal hotel. In an interview with rediff.com’s Vicky Nanjappa, the NSG’s then director general J K […]

Vinita Kamte, slain Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte’s wife, reveals her long struggle to unravel the truth about her husband’s death on the night of November 26, 2008. In a book titled To the Last Bullet, co-authored by journalist Vinita Deshmukh, Vinita Kamte details her efforts to piece together information about the sequence of […]

The terrorist attacks on Mumbai on November 26, 2008 brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, or so it was widely believed. A lot of emphasis, in those anxious days just after the attacks, had been laid on the Indian Air Force which was believed to be kept on standby and was all […]