A soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal Hotel burns during the terror attacks in 2008. Picture: AP Source: AP
Indian police have arrested a man accused of helping to co-ordinate the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed and more than 300 wounded, according to press reports.
Police sources have confirmed the arrest of Abu Hamza, an Indian-born member of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported today.
Hamza was allegedly one of the handlers based in Karachi, Pakistan, who issued instructions by telephone to the 10 Islamist gunmen as they stormed two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre, a restaurant and a train station in Mumbai.
He was arrested on June 21 after arriving in India from the Middle East.
Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only gunman caught alive during the 60-hour assault on Mumbai in November 2008, was sentenced to death by the Bombay High Court last year.
PTI described Hamza as the 30-year-old "Hindi tutor" to the gunmen and said he came from the western state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital.
Delhi police spokesmen told AFP they were unable to immediately comment on reports about the arrest.
Pakistan has indicted seven people for the attacks, but their trial, which began in 2009, has been beset by numerous delays.
The US in April offered a $US10 million ($9.98 million) reward for information leading to the conviction of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who lives openly in Pakistan and is accused of masterminding the attacks.
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