India hands over more Mumbai attack evidence to Pak

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) Responding to Pakistan's
queries, India Wednesday handed over to it the third dossier
of evidence on Mumbai attacks, which includes certified DNA
report and statement of the lone arrested terrorist Ajmal Amir
Kasab.

The voluminous documentation, comprising replies to 10
queries made by Pakistan and 15 booklets, were handed over by
a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs when he
called a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission to
the Ministry here.

"MEA today handed over to the Pakistani High Commission
additional information and details related to the Mumbai
terror attack sought by Pakistan," a statement by the Ministry
said.

The documents handed over to Pakistan included the
certified report of Kasab's DNA report, sources said.

India had given DNA reports of the 10 terrorists
involved in the attack to Pakistan on March 13. However, two
DNA reports were of the same person and the report of Kasab
was missing due to a clerical error.

The fresh dossier handed over to Pakistan also included
a certified statement of Kasab made before a Mumbai court,
which was being persistently sought by Islamabad to pursue its
own investigations into the case.

Statements of witnesses made in the court and other
documents related to it were also included in the 15 booklets
which ran into 1500 pages. Such documents could not be handed
over earlier because of legal issues, as the permission of the
court was required.

The third dossier, given two months after the last one,
is a comprehensive set of evidence to enable Pakistan to carry
forward the probe, sources said, hoping that Islamabad would
pursue the case to take it to its logical end.

India had on March 13 handed over to Pakistan a 401-page
dossier, containing question-by-question replies and
annexures.

The second dossier included telephone conversations of
the 10 attackers and their Pakistan-based handlers intercepted
during the 60-hour carnage, fingerprints, DNA profiles and
other details of the terrorists who struck in Mumbai.

The dossier also included forensic analysis of GPS,
ammunition and other equipment used by the terrorists. PTI AKK
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