Man linked to 26/11 terror attack accused David Headley held for recce of TMC MP Abhishek’s house: cops
Kolkata Police on Monday said it has arrested a person from Mumbai, whose name surfaced during the investigation into the 26/11 attacks, for his association with accused David Headley, who allegedly laid siege to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's house and office to conduct surveillance. . .
Police identified the suspect as 53-year-old Rajaram Rege, who they said was "planning a massive conspiracy against lawmakers." Police sources said they were expecting an "attack" and "threat" on Banerjee's life.
“Today our leaders arrested Mahim Rajaram Rege in Mumbai. He visited Kolkata, stayed here and inspected the office and residence of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. Superintendent of Police Murlidhar Sharma took the mobile numbers of Banerjee and his personal assistant and tried to call them," he said.
The arrest came a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of siding with her and her son-in-law Abhishek. Banerjee and her "unsafe " Read the Public Order Act
. Before the attack that killed 174 people in Mumbai, Reg's name first emerged in the 26/11 attack investigation, which linked him to Lashkar-e-Taiba operator Hailey, In his statement in the Chicago court, he said that he visited the Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar in central Mumbai and met Regal.
“Rege was affiliated to the Shiv Sena and had been used by David Headley who came to India to conduct a recce of the sites that were to be targeted in 26/11 attacks of 2008. To get access to the Sena Bhavan, which was on the list of targets that the LeT wanted to attack, Headley was in touch with Rege from the US,” a senior officer of Mumbai Police said.
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