Identify and prosecute Headley's 26/11 handlers, India to tell Pakistan
New Delhi: India will tell Pakistan to act swiftly India against the Mumbai terror attack accused, especially Pakistani state actors and JUD chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
This follows attack convict David Coleman Headley’s video deposition in a Mumbai court today which has strengthened India's case against Pakistan allowing its soil to host terror training camps, government sources said.
Headley, who is serving a 35-year sentence in America, confirmed before a Mumbai court today that his handlers were LeT’s Sajid Mir and that he also took instructions from ISI’s Major Iqbal.
Government sources said India will tell Pakistan to use Headley’s testimony to identify and prosecute Major Iqbal, Sajid Mir and his other Pakistan handlers.
Top sources also said if Pakistan is sincere, it should speed up its probe into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. They hope Pakistan is now convinced that its men played a crucial role in planning and executing 26/11.
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Government sources said Headley’s deposition strengthens what is already known in India about the ISI’s involvement. A fresh dossier may be sent to Pakistan to be added to the existing information already shared by India.
Pakistani-American terrorist and one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 attacks, David Coleman Headley, also revealed before a special Mumbai court on Monday via video conferencing that LeT made two unsuccessful attempts to carry out terror attacks before finally striking in November 2008, once in September and another in October. He also stated he was a "true follower of the Lashkar-e-Taiba".
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Headley claimed that he had visited Mumbai seven times before the 26/11 attacks and Delhi once.
Headley said that Hafiz Sayeed is main leader of LeT and he was inspired by the leader after listening to his speech in Pakistan.
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Headley also said he was introduced to ISI’s Major Iqbal and that both Iqbal and Sajid Mir were happy to see his Indian visa. Dr Tahawwur Hussain Rana had helped Headley get the Indian visa, he told court. Headley met him in a military school in Pakistan's Punjab province. Dr. Rana was his schoolmate for five years. After school, Rana became a doctor in Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi.
