The arrested key handler of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack terrorists has told investigators that he had set up the control room in Karachi for giving instructions to the 10 Pakistani terrorists besides checking out the communication equipments.

30-year-old Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Jundal also said during his interrogation for the last five days that the spirit of top Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) cadres including Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was dampened due to the arrest of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman, and prolonging of the Mumbai terror strike.

The Mumbai siege had lasted 60 hours. A resident of Georai of Beed district in Maharashtra, the accused told interrogators that he been summoned by Muzamil of Lashker ahead of the attack and 10 boys were handed over to him for teaching them Hindi language.

According to the interrogation report of Zabiuddin, barely few days ahead of the attack, he was again summoned from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir(PoK) and was instructed to teach the 10 terrorists about some common words used in Mumbai city and also tell them how to look like a Mumbaikar.

Zabiuddin also said he had been directed by LeT bosses to remain in Saudi Arabia and look for possible recruits, especially those coming from Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.