A US-based witness who owns a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) domain, Callphonex, which was used by 26/11 attackers to contact their Pakistani handlers, has testified that the money transfer for the account was made from Pakistan.
The witness also said the service was used mostly between November 24 and November 28 last year while the attack was on.
The witness, who is a Green Card holder of the US, told the court through video-conferencing facility that a man who called himself Kharak Singh emailed him and requested service on October 20, 2008.
“He [Singh] claimed he was from India and a VoIP reseller,” said the witness. This witness, who was on a business trip to Canada, was deposing from a hotel in Toronto. The e-mail account used was —
kharak_telco@yahoo.com.
The witness, who was born in Palestine, said the initial amount of $250 was paid on October 27, 2008 through MoneyGram. “It was sent from Pakistan. It was sent from one Mohammed Ishfaq,” he said after checking the records.
The prosecution claim that Kharak Singh is a false identity created for availing the VoIP services.
The second payment of $229 was made through Western Union transfer on October 25, 2008 from a sender called Javed Iqbal who gave a Pakistani passport number for identification, revealed the witness.
The account was disconnected in December 25 last year “because of lack of activity and lack of fulfillment of agreement”, said the witness. “Singh” owed him over $1,500 as per the agreement.
The witness also said that he started having doubts about Singh’s identity after the FBI contacted him around November 26-27 last year.
The accused in the case, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, was seen bending in the dock to have a better look at the VCF screen. “I want to see the photo,” Kasab said.
