The US on Saturday assured India that it can interrogate terror accused David Headley following which the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, directed the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to prepare the questions for him.

Buoyed by a Pakistani court’s order that said the trial of Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Kasab cannot be separated from that of seven Pakistani suspects, LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi plans to file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking acquittal.

Pakistan American terrorist David Headley, who has pleaded guilty to charges of plotting the Mumbai terror attack, has claimed that co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana too was involved in the conspiracy.

Pakistani American terrorist David Headley can now be directly questioned by Indian investigators after his confession in a court here that he was involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, although he will not be extradited to India.