Decoding south Mumbai

12 January,2009 06:10 AM IST |   |  Ketan Ranga

23270972879217


23270972879217! This is not just a random number, but a code number for Colaba, Cuffe Parade, Machlimar Nagar, Raja Bhai Tower, Regal Chowk, Nathalal Marg, Nariman Point, World Trade Centre and Regal Cinema.

The Mumbai police have found this number with the names of the above-mentioned places in south Mumbai on a logbook recovered from the terrorists who wreaked havoc in the city on November 26.u00a0 According to a crime branch officer, each digit stands as a code for a different place. Only LeT terrorists, who underwent training under top ISI officers, could decode this "numeric alphabetical code".u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0

According to a police officer investigating the 26/11 terror attacks, Fahim Ansari who had done a recce of south Mumbai in December 2007 and was arrested by the police in February 2008 had formed the code for the city.u00a0u00a0u00a0

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