India may give Pak a corrected list of wanted terrorists

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) India is likely to send a revised
list of fugitives to Pakistan after a thorough verification
and a correction process in the wake of errors creeping up in
the '50 most wanted terrorists' list.
The Indian Home Ministry has directed the Central Bureau
of Investigation, the Intelligence Bureau and the National
Investigation Agency to thoroughly verify the names of
terrorists given to Pakistan, government officials said on
Friday.
"After preparing a correct list, we may send it to
Pakistan," an official said.
Pakistan is likely to be also informed about the two
persons whose names had erroneously been included in the list
of wanted terrorists and given to that country are currently
in India.
"The CBI, the IB and the NIA have been asked to
coordinate and prepare a revised and correct list after
authentication," the official said.
Earlier, India's Secretary, Internal Security in the
Home Ministry, U K Bansal had said there was no plan to recall
the list of the '50 most wanted' from Pakistan.
"The entire list is being reviewed. We have no plan to
recall the list from Pakistan," he had told reporters here.
While referring to the CBI's action to suspend and
transfer some officials responsible for the goof up, he had
said the responsibility has been fixed and action has been
taken.
"The responsibility has been fixed as it is a matter of
internal importance. The issue is being probed," he had said.
Bansal had also said that the Home Ministry will conduct
an exercise to ensure that there is no such mistake in the
future.
The 50 most wanted terrorists list was prepared after
contributions from the CBI, the IB and the NIA. Two names that
figured in the list, given to Pakistan during the Home
Secretary-level talks in March, were found to be in
India. While one of them, out on bail, was living in Thane
near Mumbai, the other is in a jail in the metropolis.
With the errors cropping up, government had suspended
a CBI inspector and transferred two of its senior officials.
CBI Director A P Singh has ordered a complete review
of the Interpol wing and the most wanted list will be
thoroughly scrutinised in consultation with state police and
other agencies.
India's list of '50 most wanted' has the name of Feroz
Abdul Khan, alias Hamza, 51, an accused in 1993 Mumbai blast
case, who was arrested from a village in Navi Mumbai, in the
western Indian state Maharashtra, in February last year and
was handed over to the CBI for further investigation.
The CBI had issued an Interpol Red Corner Notice
against Khan in 1994 but the notice was not withdrawn even
after the agency has got his custody.
"The CBI has conveyed to the Home Ministry that the
lapse was on the agency's part. When the CBI forwarded the
list to the MHA, they forgot to delete the name of this
person," a Home Ministry spokesperson said.
Khan is alleged to have facilitated transport and
distribution of arms and ammunitions during the blast and
subsequently. Mumbai Police had alleged that following Dawood
Ibrahim's instructions, Khan arranged for landing of arms
allegedly used in the blast.
Earlier, Wazhur Kamar Khan, whose name had also figured
in India's most wanted list, was traced to Mumbai.