( CNN ) -- A key suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 160 people has been apprehended , Indian authorities said Tuesday . The Indian-born man , known as Abu Jundal , was recently arrested in New Delhi , said public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam . `` He was a key conspirator , who abetted the attack and carried out the planning , '' according to Nikam , who did not say when the arrest was made . Investigators believe Jundal was on the phone coordinating the attack from Pakistan as 10 gunmen staged the bloody three-day siege throughout India 's commercial capital . `` He was there in the terror control room , '' Nikam said . `` His voice was intercepted here . '' While New Delhi police refused Tuesday to comment on the arrest , the Mumbai court handling the case has issued a warrant asking that Jundal appear before it . The attacks targeted Mumbai 's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels , the city 's historic Victoria Terminus train station and the Jewish cultural center , Chabad House . Four convicted in Scandinavian 'Mumbai-style ' terror plot . India blamed the attacks on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba , a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al Qaeda . The group denied responsibility . Indian forces killed nine of the 10 gunmen and later put the lone survivor on trial . In May 2010 , Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , a Pakistani who was photographed holding an assault weapon during the siege , was convicted of murder , conspiracy and waging war on India . Two Indian nationals accused of conspiracy in the case -- Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed -- were acquitted by the court in Mumbai . More than 160 people were killed in November 2008 , as the 10 men attacked Mumbai buildings including the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels , the city 's historic Victoria Terminus train station , and the Jewish cultural center , Chabad House . India blamed the attacks on the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba , a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al Qaeda . Authorities said Kasab was trained by the organization , which was banned in Pakistan in 2002 after an attack on India 's parliament . The development derailed a fragile peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbors for about 15 months . Under American pressure , the two arch-rivals resumed their full spectrum of dialogue last year in their bid to build trust . The news of Jundal 's arrest comes ahead of next month 's meeting in New Delhi between Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries . Pakistani diplomats said they will continue to cooperate with India on such matters . `` Pakistan has been in the forefront in the campaign against terror , '' a statement from the Pakistani high commission in New Delhi said . `` As agreed at the highest level between Pakistan and India , terrorism is a common concern and counter-terrorism cooperation is in the mutual interest of both countries . '' Indictments in Mumbai , Denmark terror plots .
The suspect is identified as Abu Jundal . Investigators believe Jundal was on the phone coordinating the attack from Pakistan . Indian forces killed nine of the 10 gunmen and later put the lone survivor on trial .