Vicky Nanjappa

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…

Vicky Nanjappa delved into the dossier on Sabahuddin Ahmed and revealed how the other Indian standing trial in the 26/11 case embarked on the path of jihad. Here, Vicky chronicles how Ahmed rose quickly from the ranks of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba to become an important member of the Pakistan-based terror organisation. From an unassuming native of…

A dossier on Sabahuddin Ahmed and reveals the life and crimes of the other Indian standing trial in the 26/11 case. The chilling tale of how a reasonably bright college student descended into the dark world of jihadi terrorism. Sabahuddin Ahmed played a key role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was the crucial Lashkar-e-Tayiba…

Despite the Mumbai police declaring that two Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists including Ajmal Kasab killed Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare during the November 26, 2008 attacks, a former Indian Police Service officer wants the ATS chief’s murder to be re-investigated. Former Maharashtra Inspector General of Police S M Mushrif — Karkare’s senior in the state police —…