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| Pakistan handed new evidence on Mumbai attacks |
| 2009-08-22 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] India has handed Pakistan a new dossier of evidence to prosecute Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of last year's bloody attacks in Mumbai. According to Indian television channels and the Press Trust of India (PTI), the new dossier on Saeed's involvement was handed to Pakistan's Ambassador Shahid Malik by Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao after a meeting in New Delhi. The new dossier contains 'additional information... including input on some of the key suspects and accused involved' in the three-day carnage that killed 166 people in Mumbai November last year, PTI said. The Pakistani Embassy confirmed the meeting had taken place but declined to make further comments. The new information comes two weeks after Pakistan said evidence supplied by India against Saeed was too weak to prosecute him. New Delhi, which has so far provided four dossiers to Islamabad about the deadly attacks, insists Pakistan has enough evidence to successfully prosecute Saeed, the founder of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which is blamed for the attacks on India's financial capital. Nine of the 10 gunmen were among those killed in the assault. The lone surviving gunman, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, a Pakistani national, faces 86 charges, including waging war on India, murder and possessing explosives. Pakistan has so far arrested five people suspected of involvement in the attack. Their trial is expected to begin next week. In the immediate aftermath of the killings, Pakistan denied any responsibility, but later admitted the attacks had been partly planned on its soil. |
| Posted by:Fred |