Chidambaram

Chidambaram said, "We have never ruled out(involvement of)
state actors. Although Pakistan has maintained that only
non-state actors were involved, we have never ruled out the
involvement of state actors and we have never accepted this
distinction between state actors and non-state actors because
both operated from Pakistani soil."

On if the official establishment in Pakistan was
'somewhere' involved in 'covering up' the probe, he said,
"Covering up is a very strong word. (But) there is for some
strange reason, unwillingness to take the investigations
forward.

"What they told common friendly countries, what they
told our Prime Minister, is that they will spare no effort to
prosecute and punish the perpetrators. In the light of that,
letting off Hafiz Saeed is unacceptable.

"I don't know who else is involved. There is a 'Major
General Saab' for example. Therefore, unless there is a proper
investigation, I'm not in a position to say that Pakistan
intends to keep its promise and why they are unwilling to take
the investigation forward."

Asked if the sixth dossier on the Mumbai strikes to
Pakistan will be the last one, the Minister said, "How can I
say? If they invent more questions, I will continue to answer
them, (but) over a growing sense of frustration."

He also said that after a point the dossiers will be a
"charade, but I don't want to give them any quarter to say
that answers are not forthcoming and, therefore, we are not
investigating." PTI RDM
JVN


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