A nodal officer of Airtel, Sunil Tiwari told the designated court Judge M L Tahaliyani that on the request of Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Parambir Singh, the company diverted the calls on terrorists mobile phone on police landline phone on November 26 last year.

Mr Tiwari also said that Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Parambir Singh had given two Airtel numbers and asked to divert all the calls on police landline number as terrorist were talking to their handler in Pakistan from Hotel Taj, Hotel Oberoi and Nariman House.

The Airtel SIM cards were purchased from Delhi and Kolkata on fake name and address. He submitted the office copy form, filled up by the card purchaser to the court.

Another witness Bhupendra Singh Bakshi, mobile retail shop owner from Delhi told the court that one Suresh Prasad purchased pre-paid SIM card on October six, last year from his shop. He provided zerox copy of Identity card of Government of India, Urban development ministry, as identity proof for procuring the card.

A police officer, who was assigned to find out the address of a cardholder in Delhi, said name and address of Suresh Prasad was fake.

UNI