David Headley's NIA interrogation report - PART-03

THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE
(1) Sajid Majid: Sajid was born in 1976 . His father's name is Abdul Majeed and he used to work in Saudi Arabia. Sajid's father had migrated from Indian Punjab during 1947 partition. Sajid has at least two brothers. During one of my early meeting with Sajid, he told me that one of his brothers was working in Chicago, though he never told me the details and also I never inquired about him as much. He has two older sisters also who are married . I had seen him for the first time in front of the Lahore High Court When we had gone to settle some cases of Hafiz Saeed.Sajid had been introduced to me by Ramzan of LeT by his original name.

Sajid was one of the earliest members of LeT. He did his Daura e khas when he was around 18 years old. Sajid was earlier head of Lahore unit of LeT. After that he became Secretary to Abdurrahman Maki and from then started looking after overseas affairs and cadres of Lashkar. Sajid lives near Airport in Lahore. The road which goes to airport from the crossing of Garrison golf club and then turns left and while going straight from there, on that road his house was 400 mts ahead on the left .At the time of my first meeting, Sajid was not a part of the Indian set up of LeT.

(A setup is actually a unit which is composed of top LeT men whose brothers of family members have died fighting in Kashmir. The members of the setup then have their own men for / under them. A setup is a compact unit which is given a geographical jurisdiction.)

Then in 2004 Muzzammil again introduced me to Sajid at safe house in Muzzaffarabad . Sajid got married around three years ago. I also attended the marriage . Sajid's father in law retired as Chaplin (Mauvi) from Pak navy. His father in law stays in Karachi. Sajid has a son and when I was arrested in Oct 2009, his wife was expecting again. The words 'polar bear cub' used in my emails with Sajid (rarelayman@hotmail.com) are a reference to Sajid's son. In Lahore Sajid lived in an area where a boy of British nationality, who had done Daura-e-Aama with me, also lived. This British boy, whose name I don't remember used to tell me about Sajid.

Wasi and Ibrahim were other aliases of Sajid. One Sajid's brother-in-law (Behnoi) told me that Sajid had a number of passports in different names. One passport was in the Christian name with surname Mashih.

Sajid was raised in Karachi and as per my knowledge he graduated from a college in Karachi. He has been to Saudi Arabia a number of times as his father was working there.

Apart from Saudi, Sajid has been to Dubai, Qatar, Syria, Thailand and Canada. All these were LeT business trips.

Sajid was trying to set up a LeT base in Thailand. For this one Abu Anas was sent to Thailand to set up a restaurant in 2006, but this venture could not be a success.

Sajid is very secretive person. He is very meticulous and has a good eye for details. He has never been to any operational area. As per Sajid, he was once arrested in Dubai and he could get out only because of his LeT connections. He therefore avoided travelling to Dubai.

He has good understanding of computers and the cyber world. He is extremely careful in handling the email IDs.

He often uses a satellite phone while in Muzaffarabad. Sajid has a strong and distinct Salafi influence of Saudi Arab on him. He had undergone a plastic surgery. However there is not much change in his face after the surgery. I have identified the photograph shown by you.

In and around January 2005, I started reporting to Sajid Majid. The photograph which I had identified as Sajid's was his picture before the surgery. Sajid is extremely clever and computer handler . Sajid would always take precautions not to expose my activities to any other handler.

(2) Abdur Rehman Hashim@Pasha@ Abdurrehman is a retired major of 6th Baloch of Pakistan army . He was born in 1968. His father's name is Major Abdul Ghani who was also 6th Baloch. Pasha was a hardcore jihadi. In 2002, his army unit was stationed on the Pakistan side of Tora Bora mountains. Abdur Rehman was asked by his commander to fight against Taliban which he refused. He was demoted to the rank of Captain as a punishment but started working for jihadi organizations. He along with Major Haroon and Captain Khurram used to train cadres of LeT.

I first met Pasha at the Quadisiya Mosque in Lahore. Qadisiya is a LeT Mosque and every Friday Hafiz Saeed reads Khutba there. Abdur Rehman went to Govt. College Lahore and after college he graduated from Pakistan Military Academy. In my first meeting with Abdur Rehman, I found him to be dedicated towards Jihad. He approved of suicide bombing of Bari imam. I have identified his photograph shown by you . I learnt that he has been arrested on 4th or 5th of October, 2009 by Pak authorities.

(3) Haroon brothers: Major Haroon@Haroon-ul-Islam is also an ex-army officer from 10 Punjab of Pakistan army. Capt. Khurram was his younger brother. I met Khurram and Haroon through Abdur Rehman . I met khurram and Haroon through Abdur Rehman . Khurram and Haroon were working with LeT but they distanced themselves from LeT in late 2003. Khurram was also from 6th Baloch. Khurram and Pasha fought alongside Taliban in Afghanistan khurram was killed on 30 March,2007 in Afghanistan Khurram was killed on 30 March, 2007 in Afghanistan while fighting with Canadian forces. Haroon had started working for Illyas Kashmiri in 2006.

(4) Major Sammer Ali: An ISI Officer. I had met him a couple of times in Lahore . We were in touch through telephone and emails.

(5)Major Iqbal: An ISI officer. Appeared to me to be a person in his mid-thirties (5'9", fat, with moustache, big head, thick hair, deep voice). In the 1st meeting he was wearing a full sleeved shirt . In my understanding he smokes cigarettes. Major Iqbal introduced me to his boss known as Lt. Col Hamza. Lt. Col Hamza was a man in his early forties. He is baby faced and also overweight by the army standard. He must be five feet six inches in height. He appeared to be from Punjab. This I could guess from the accent in which he talked to me. They listened to me entire plan to attack India in our 1st meeting . This meeting lasted for more than two our 1st meeting. This meeting lasted for more than two hours. The Lt. Col assured me of the financial help and directed me to follow the directions of Major Iqbal from time to time. He also directed me to inform about all my activities to Major Iqbal. That was the first and last meeting with Lt. Col Hamza. Major Iqbal remained my handler. I informed all events related to my activities to Major Iqbal.

(6) Hafiz Saeed: He is the Chief (Ameer) of LeT. He is very close to ISI. All the activities of LeT are reported to him. I think he is diplomatic and never talks directly. I have shown you his house in Google earth map. He is well protected. He was aware of my activities and encouraged me. without his approval 26/11 could not have happened.

(7) Zaju ur Rehman Lakhvi: He is the chief military commander of LeT. I understand that he is main architect of 26/11.

(8) Abu Qahafa: He is directly involved in the Mumbai attack. I found him to be a tech savvy .Abu Qahafa had done the Bait-Ul-Rizwan training with me. He is married to Abu Saeed's sister. He, worked with Sajid Majid and trained the attackers of Mumbai. Abu Qahafa was criticized by his trainers during the Bait -ul- Rizwan training. One of the nephews of Abu Qahafa had participated in the Mumbai attack.

(9) Muzzammil: Muzzammil was born in 1976 and in over 6ft 4 inches tall. He sports a long beard and is very well built. His family lives in the outskirsts of Gujranwala. Muzzammil is very close to Zaki and is his most trustworthy companion. Muzzammil never contradicts Zaki. He according to me is the biggest Chamcha (brownnoser) of Zaki. He was involved in the killing of Sikhs in Chhitisinghpura village of Kashmir. The killing of local Kashmiri militants held responsible for Chhitisingpura was exploited by Lashkar by Lashkar and used as propaganda against Indian Govt. Muzzammil has big setup in Lashkar. Though initially Sajid was also in his setup but later Sajid had his own setup. Abu Anas, Abu Sarya, Abdul Aziz etc were important members of his setup. After coming to Muzaffarabad, he was initially given the charge of the India operations. Muzzammil is married. The Akshardham Temple attack in India was conducted and planned by Muzzammil. I was told that one of the operatives killed in the Akshardham Temple attack was Abul Had, the nephew of one Haji Asraf. Haji Asraf is Lahore based and is in charge of the purse and treasury of LeT.

(10) Abu Anas: He is the in charge of LeT Safe house in Pindi (Rawalpindi). He had visited Thailand to start a restaurant there as cover for LeT. He had met Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1987. He is married . He originally belongs to Faislabad, Pakistan. He had lost a brother in Kashmir. He remained very close to Sajid Majid. (description: height 6'1",95 kg). Part of the Mumbai conspiracy.

(11) Abu Dujana: Abu Dujana (age:35/40,Height 5'8",slim long beard) was a veteran who had fought in Kashmir. He and Muzzammil were together in Kashmir in April 2002. Few weeks of our first meeting, Abu Dujana was given a house by Lashkar in the LeT camp at Muridke Abu Dujana told me that once he was shot by a village Defence committee member in Kashmir. Abu Dujana is 5ft 8in. I met Abu Dujana in the model town office of Lashkar. Abu Dujana was a senior commander of LeT. Two of Abu Dujana's brothers were killed in Kashmir. His younger brother was killed before 2001 but his older brother was killed in September 2003 . I went to Abu Dujan's house a few times . He is married with two kids. He is in his early forties and has dark brown hair. He is originally from Bahawalpur.

(12) Abu Hamza: LeT operative . Had operated in India . He had participated in IISc Bangalore attack.

(13) Abdul Aziz: He is also known as Abu Rehan . He had visited India a number of times. He is believed to be the man behind the Bangalore attack in India in 2005. Abdul Aziz was not part of the Mumbai attack group. Abu Hamza who participated in IISc Bangalore attack, I believe they got a pat from Zaki. He frequently visits Saudi Arabia.

(14) Col. Shah: ISI officer, close to LeT.

(15) Col. Hamza: ISI officer close to LeT. His actual rank is Lt. Col.

(16) Abu Alqama: Commander of LeT . DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN MUMBAI CONSPIRACY. I have identified his photo shown by you.

(17) Md. Yaqub: Chief of naval wing of LeT. He was involved in Mumbai attack clearly.

(18) Abu Aiman: Abu Aiman had done the Doura-e-Khasa with Sajid Majid. Abu Aiman's father is a banker. Abu Aiman's step mother is the widow of Abu Fatullaha who died fighting in Kashmir. Uamm-e-Hammad @ Ume Haze, the mother of Abu Aiman writes songs for the LeT. She is also the in-charge of all women's activities of LeT. Abu Aiman resides in Muridike. One of the brothers of Abu Aiman, Abu Usman had participated with Muzzammil in the massacre that took place before President Clinton's visit to India. Abu Usman died while fighting in India. He imparts training in LeT.

(19) Nasar Javed: The training Chief of LeT. 50 years old influential and close to Zaki.

(20) Abu Sayeed: Abu Sayyed works under Nasar javed who is the overall training in charge of LeT. Sayeed is tail about 5'11",around 42 years old, and is slightly overweight. He has done his masters in Engineering from Faisalabad. He once tore his degree before Zaki in order to show his commitment towards jihad. I think it was a gimmick as everybody knew that one could get a duplicate degree. I once traveled with Sayeed from Muzaffarabad to Lahore in Dec 2004.

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