Mukhtar Ahmed was one of the two suspects arrested for aiding the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008. A senior police official told the Associated Press that Ahmed was a counter-insurgency officer who may have been on an undercover mission. The senior police official said that he told police in Calcutta, where Ahmed was detained, that he is "our man and its now up to them how to facilitate his release."Sky News: Mumbai Terror Attacks: Counter-insurgency Police Officer Arrested (December 6, 2008)
SIM Cards
Ahmed and Tauseef Rehman were accused of supplying the attackers with cell phone SIM cards. Police in India say Rehman bought the SIM cards using fake identifications and sold them to Ahmed. The SIM cards were then used by the gunmen. Both Ahmed and Rehman were charged with fraud and criminal conspiracy on Friday, December 5, 2008.Sky News: Mumbai Terror Attacks: Counter-insurgency Police Officer Arrested (December 6, 2008)
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Police officer told the Associated Press that Ahmed is a counter-insurgency officer that may have been on an undercover missionSky News: Mumbai Terror Attacks: Counter-insurgency Police Officer Arrested
