The purpose of the stay there was to find a suitable room on rent for the fidayeens. Fahim was tasked to provide logistical support to the hit squad and do a recce of the targets. Finally, Fahim found Shantabai’s chawl on December 10. The investigators found maps of Mumbai’s roads and a hand-drawn map of the BSE from the room.
Once he moved into the chawl on Grant Road, he enrolled at a computer centre in front of the BSE. “The main purpose was to dedicate moretime in the same area to doa proper recce of the BSE. This also helped him to escape attention as a new man in the area,” Lal said. While he was registered as Shahil Paskar at the computer centre, his name was Samir Sheikh at Good Luck Driving School near J J Hospital in Mumbai, said Lal. | 
