US wants Headley to be brought to justice: Roemer

Bangalore, Feb 18 (PTI) Acknowledging that India and
America share a "common enemy" in terror groups, the US on
Thursday said it wants to bring American terror suspect David
Headley, charged in the Mumbai attack, to justice and make
sure he pays a "severe penalty".

The US also said it will track people like Headley and
other "blood thirsty" terrorists wherever they go to bring
them to justice. Headley is currently in US custody.
The two countries shared a common perspective of the
threat from terror groups and were working closely to enhance
security and safety, US Ambassador Timothy Roemer said.
"They (terrorists) can strike very quickly in a
blood-thirsty way into any part of the globe and this is
something that our President and your Prime Minister is taking
very seriously", he told reporters.
On Headley, who faces conspiracy charge in connection
with 26/11, Roemer said, "Headley may well be responsible for
canvassing, tracking information to pass on to attackers of
Mumbai blast. This is the sort of the thing that the US is
extremely serious about".
"We want, along with Indian people and Indian
government, to bring him to justice and make sure he pays a
severe penalty for what he has done", Roemer said.
"We want Headley to cooperate. We want him to continue
giving us valuable information", he said, adding currently the
process of investigation was on and was not being interrupted.
India has been pressing the US to give it access to the
Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) operative for
interrogation. (MORE) PTI JD
PRS


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