New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- Rakesh Asthana, former Special Director of the CBI, who headed the Gujarat Police SIT probing the 2002 Sabarmati train fire, said several calls to the Aman Guest House in Godhra had originated from Pakistan and that members of the terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen had reportedly stayed there a few days before the incident.

"During our investigation, we examined Abdul Razak 'Kurkur', the owner of the Aman Guest House. We thoroughly investigated the guesthouse registers and examined the telephone records. Several calls to the guesthouse had originated from Pakistan," Asthana said.

He further said that members of Hizbul Mujahideen had reportedly visited and stayed at the guesthouse days before the incident, and...