NEW DELHI: Friday’s attempt by suspected Pakistani terrorists to enter Indian waters off Gujarat coast has heightened security concerns, particularly in view of a recent failed attempt by al-Qaida to hijack Pakistani frigates PNS Aslat and PNS Zulfikar at Karachi in September last year.But this was not the first time that Pakistan had attempted to infiltrate terrorists through the sea route. The perpetrators of 26/11 terror attack too had come from Karachi through the sea route. Many such infiltrations have been reported before and after the Mumbai attack.Almost a year before 26/11, TOI had reported (in its edition dated April 12, 2007) how eight LeT terrorists had come from Karachi through the sea route and were intercepted by the Coast Guard off Mumbai coast but were let off for a “consideration”.Two of the eight terrorists were held in Rajouri following an Intelligence Bureau operation in March that year. The duo had travelled from Diu to Mumbai-Delhi-Chandigarh-Rajouri and was helped by a dozen other local operatives who functioned as their guides. The six others remained untraceable.The two terrorists — Abdul Majid Rain from Sindh and Jameel Ahmed Awan from Abbotabad — later told their interrogators that they were motivated by speeches of LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and commander Azam Cheema. The two leaders had told them to fight “excesses” against Muslims in J&K and elsewhere in India.Both were enrolled in LeT in 2003, four years before they were launched into India and were given arms training in PoK and shown CDs of “atrocities of security forces” on Muslims.Before being launched into India, the two LeT terrorists reported to the “supply camp” of LeT in Muzaffarabad along with six others. Each member was paid Rs 10,000 in cash besides a consignment for their Indian network. They travelled from Muzaffarabad to Karachi and were taken to the high seas and handed over to two boatmen on the Indian side.The boat later developed a snag when the Indian guide Abbas contacted Coast Guard and shifted them to their interceptor vessel. Though all the eight terrorists were interrogated on the ship by Coast Guard officials, the two arrested told investigators that all eight were let off at Diu after officials took away all their cash.At Diu they were received by one Sameer and Tariq. Sameer arranged fake identity cards for the eight LeT terrorists and escorted them to Mumbai by train. Here the group was divided into sub groups for their onward journey