US court gives FBI 60 more days to file Headley indictment

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 11 (PTI) Heeding to FBI's call to grant
it some more time to probe a failed LeT terror plot in India,
a US court has given it another two months to file indictment
against David Coleman Headley, a key suspect in the case.

The Chief Judge of a Chicago court, James F Holderman,
extended till January 1, 2010, the date of filing indictment
for 49-year-old Headley, who was arrested along with Pakistani
-origin Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, last month
by FBI, which unearthed a major plan by Pakistan-based LeT to
carry out terror attacks in India and Denmark.
"This court finds that the ends of justice served by
extension weigh the best interest of the public and the
defendant in a speedy trial because the failure to grant such
an extension would deny the government the reasonable time
necessary for effective preparation of the evidence for
presentation to the grand jury, taking into account the
exercise of due diligence," Judge Holderman said in his order.
The court order came soon after the FBI, on October
30th, urged it to give the agency more time to complete the
investigation and file the indictment, arguing that on October
18, federal agents executed four search warrants at four
separate locations, and among other items of evidence, seized
a number of computers.
The FBI told the court that its agents are "diligently
examining the evidence." (More) PTI LKJ
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