Mumbai: There is a possibility of another 26/11 like attack in Mumbai in the next 2-3 months according to the Intelligence Bureau which issued an alert for the city after the Railways Police Commissioner wrote to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) warning of a terror strike.

The Railways Police Commissioner letter claims that 8-10 Pakistani terrorists will enter Mumbai through the sea route and target railway stations and hotels.

The IB alert said that terrorists will be from Lashkar-e-Toiba and are expected to be suicide bombers. All states and airports have now been put on high alert following the alert.

In 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists entered Mumbai via the sea route and killed over 166 people in a siege that lasted three days. While nine of the terrorists were killed by security agencies, one of them Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab was arrested and tried in the court.

Kasab was found guilty of murder, conspiracy to murder, waging war against the country, abetting murder and indulging in terrorist activities. He was sentenced to death and hanged on November 21, 2012 at Pune’s Yerawada jail and later buried inside the jail premises.

While India has accused Pakistan of training, funding and pushing Kasab and his fellow terrorists into India to carry out the carnage in Mumbai, and also presented several documents and dossiers as evidence, Islamabad has refused to take concrete action against terror groups targeting India.

On April 10, 2015 LeT commander and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi walked out of Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Fifty five-year-old Lakhvi guided the 10 LeT terrorists from a control room in Pakistan during 26/11 attacks.