India to reply Pak's query on dossier after chargesheet: PC

New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI) India will respond to Pakistan's
questions on dossier after filing of chargesheet in Mumbai
attack case, Home Minister P Chidambaram said Wednesday.

"After the chargesheet is filed, we will reply,"
Chidambaram told reporters outside Parliament on being asked
when India would reply to the set of 30 questions posed by
Pakistan on the Indian dossier.

Chidambaram was speaking when the chargesheet in Mumbai
case was about to be filed in a court in the financial
capital.

Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad said the
government will seek to clarify whatever doubts Pakistan may
have with regard to the attack.

He said the footage of four terrorists roaming in Taj
Hotel in Mumbai on November 26 last year, which was aired by a
TV channel, should provide further evidence to Pakistan in
connection with the probe.

"So far they have acknowledged the nationality of only
Ajmal Amir Kasab but there has no acknowledgement by Pakistan
of the nationality of his associates, who died during the
attack. The footage should help Pakistan in identifying them,"
he said.

At the same time, he said Pakistan should also hand over
40 fugitives of Indian law, which New Delhi has demanded.

"This is our target".

When pointed out that naxal affected areas face
developmental problems, Chidambaram acknowledged this aspect
but said, "whatever development is taking place in those area
is being neutralized by naxals."

If they (naxals) are pro-development, they should not
obstruct the development taking place in these areas," the
Home Minister added.

Chidambaram declined to answer a query whether the
government is planning any major operation against the
naxalites.

To allegations that the the government was on
inauguration spree in view of the elections, Chidambaram
said, "whatever is ready, we are inuagurating...election comes
after every five year." PTI AMR
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