Faheem Ansari, also known as Mohammad Faheem Ansari,[1] is an Indian Muslim who was charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks on false grounds as per lack of evidence but convicted for fake Pakistani passport forging and aiding in attack of UP CRPF camp.
[7] Though his parents and brothers were residing in the Goregaon suburb of the city, he made no attempt to contact them during his entire stay.
[2] He was arrested for his involvement with an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur on 31 December 2007, in which 7 paramilitary personnel and 1 civilian were killed.
[1][2][8] The interrogation revealed that Ansari had performed reconnaissance over twelve places in Mumbai, including government, police, transportation, tourist and financial sites over the course of two months.
[4] On 31 December 2008, Ansari, along with Sabahuddin Shaikh, was formally accused of aiding the November 2008 attackers in Bombay.
[12] They were shifted from Arthur Road Jail to Uttar Pradesh to stand trial in connection with the CRPF camp attack at Rampur in 2007.