Top Pak diplomat in Chicago personally knew Headley, Rana: FBI

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Oct 30 (PTI) Pakistan's Consul General in
Chicago personally knew both David Coleman Headley and
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, nabbed by the FBI for planning to carry
out a major terror attack in India at the behest of LeT, the
US authorities have claimed.

The FBI in its revised chargesheet filed before a
Chicago court said the Consul General of Pakistan in Chicago
personally knows both Rana and Headley alias 'Daood Gilani',
as all three of them are from the same high school.
According to the website of the Pakistan Embassy here,
Dr Aman Rashid is the Consul General in Chicago.
"On or about September 25, 2009, Rana spoke by
telephone with the Consul General at the Pakistani Consulate
in Chicago in an effort to obtain a five-year visa for Headley
to travel to Pakistan. It is clear from the email traffic
unrelated to terrorist plotting that the Consul General knows
Rana and Headley personally as all three attended the same
high school," the FBI claimed.
However, the affidavit, a copy of which has been
obtained by PTI, does not say anything if the Consul General
was aware or had any inclination of the terrorist connection
of Rana and Headley.
Rana (48) and Headley (49) are not only residents of
Chicago, but were product of the same military school. MORE
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