Identifier
Created
Classification
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09MUMBAI337
2009-08-17 11:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Mumbai
Cable title:  

VISA VIPER MUMBAI SUBMISSION JULY 2008

Tags:  KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IN 
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FM AMCONSUL MUMBAI
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INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 8626
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 2095
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 1883
RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 2626
RUEILB/NCTC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS MUMBAI 000337 

VISAS VIPER
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IN
SUBJECT: VISA VIPER MUMBAI SUBMISSION JULY 2008

UNCLAS MUMBAI 000337

VISAS VIPER
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IN
SUBJECT: VISA VIPER MUMBAI SUBMISSION JULY 2008


1. Visas Viper.

2. POST: Mumbai.

3. Meeting Date: August 13, 2009.

4. Attendees: CG; CONS; POL/ECON; MGT; RSO; PAS.

5. Previous Submissions: Mumbai had no submissions for June

2009.

6. Meeting Notes: The following SUBJECTS were offered for watch
list nominations for the July 2009 report:
a. ANSARI, Ashrat, DOB 03/30/1976. No passport issued in his
name. ANSARI was held in prison for several years while under
trial. He and two others were sentenced to death by hanging on
08/07/2009 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for
planting RDX bombs at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in
Mumbai on August 25, 2003 that killed 52 people and injured 244.
He and two others were also charged with planting a bomb on a
bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003 that killed 2 people and
injured another 60 and planting another bomb on a bus that
failed to detonate in Santa Cruz, Mumbai on December 2, 2002.
The convicted are appealing to the Mumbai High Court.
b. SYED, Haneef, DOB XX/XX/1962 or 1963; - aka SYED, Hanif.
Passport No. Q548661, Issued 10/15/1980. Passport No. P468148,
Issued 09/11/1993. SYED, Haneef was held in prison for several
years while under trial. He and two others were sentenced to
death by hanging on 08/07/2009 under the Prevention of Terrorism
Act (POTA) for planting RDX bombs at the Gateway of India and
Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003 that killed 52 people
and injured 244. The three were also convicted of planting a
bomb on a bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003 that killed 2 people
and injured another 60 and planting another bomb on a bus that
failed to detonate in Santa Cruz, Mumbai on December 2, 2002.
The convicted are appealing to the Mumbai High Court.
c. SYED, Fahmeeda, DOB 09/07/1965; POB: Mumbai, India; - aka
SYED, Fehmida Anees Mohammed, aka SYED Fehmida Anis Mohammed.
Passport No. A3581902, Issued 09/15/1997, Expired 09/14/2007.
SYED, Fahmeeda (wife of SYED, Haneef) was held in prison for
several years while under trial. She and two others were
sentenced to death by hanging on 08/07/2009 under the Prevention
of Terrorism Act (POTA) for planting RDX bombs at the Gateway of
India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003 that killed
52 people and injured 244. The three were also convicted of
planting a bomb on a bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003 that
killed 2 people and injured another 60 and planting another bomb
on a bus that failed to detonate in Santa Cruz, Mumbai on
December 2, 2002. The convicted are appealing to the Mumbai High
Court.

7. Acting Visa Viper Coordinator: Dean Tidwell.

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