List of various names used to refer to Kasab : Ammunition , a satellite phone and a layout plan of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was recovered from Kasab . He described how his team arrived at Mumbai from Karachi via Porbandar . He said that they had received revolvers , AK-47s , ammunition and dried fruit from their coordinator . Kasab told the police that they wanted to replicate the Marriott hotel attack in Islamabad , and reduce the Taj Hotel to rubble , replicating the 11 September attacks in US . Kasab told police that his team targeted Nariman House , where the Chabad centre was located , because it was frequented by Israelis , who were targeted to " avenge atrocities on Palestinians . " Kasab told the police that he and his associate , Ismail Khan , were the ones who shot Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare , encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte . Kasab entered the Taj posing as a student from Mauritius and stored explosives in one of the hotel 's rooms . In December 2009 , Kasab retracted his confession in court , claiming he had come to Mumbai to act in Bollywood films and was arrested by the Mumbai police three days before the attacks
Marriott hotel attack
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
Ajmal Kasab