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| Alleged US militant Headley had visited Pakistan: India |
| 2009-11-21 |
| [Dawn] India on Friday said an alleged militant held in the United States and under investigation here over possible links to last year's attacks in Mumbai had travelled to Pakistan a number of times. They all seem to do that, don't they? 'There is a Pakistani link,' Home Minister P. Chidambaram said of alleged suspect David Coleman Headley who is being held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Chicago. 'David Headley had visited Pakistan a number of times and on the advice of the FBI two or perhaps more have been arrested in Pakistan... There is a Pakistan link,' the home minister told reporters in New Delhi. India claims Headley was also associated with Lashkar-i-Taiba, blamed for the deadly attacks in India's financial capital last year. New Delhi has blamed 'official agencies' in Pakistan for abetting the strikes in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 which left 166 people killed and around 300 people injured -- an allegation denied by Pakistan. Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna separately said India will act only if its investigations established Headley's suspected links to the carnage. 'An investigation is on and we are awaiting its report and based on the report we will pursue the next course of action,' Krishna told reporters in New Delhi 'Only after that can we examine various options,' he said, replying to questions by reporters on whether India planned to seek Headley's extradition. Chidambaram last week said the suspect had also travelled to India several times before the attacks in Mumbai. According to the home minister, Headley and his associate, whom he identified as Tahawwur Hussain Rana, were currently in detention in the US. Indian media, citing officials, recently said Headley intended to strike two elite boarding schools and a military academy in India and that he had befriended prominent people from Bollywood. |
| Posted by:Fred |