US teams brief Indian investigators on Headley role in Mumbai attack

New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) A joint team of US Department of
Justice and the FBI Monday briefed Indian investigators on
American terror suspect David Headley's alleged role in last
year's Mumbai terror strike.

The team held discussions with the officials of Home
Ministry and National Investigating Agency (NIA), which is
probing the role in India of Headley and his accomplice
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Paksitani-Canadian both of whom were
arrested by FBI in October this year for plotting terror
attacks in India and Denmark.
Besides sharing the interrogation report including his
"role" in 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, US Embassy spokespeson
here Elizabeth Fitzsimmons said the joint team also briefed
the Indian investigators on Headley's alleged role in plotting
an attack on a newspaper in Denmark.
"This in fulfilment of President Barack Obama's
committment to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his
recent visit to the US to cooperate closely in the case," the
US spokesperson said.
The team, after exchanging the views with their Indian
counterparts, will be travelling to Pakistan to meet the
authorities in Islamabad. "We ae working with Pakistani
officials to follow up on leads regarding Headley's activties
and connections in that country," the spokesperson said.
"We have been consulting closely with Pakistani
authorities on this case, following the practices developed in
previous high-profile counter terrorism investigations," the
spokesperson said. (MORE) PTI SKL
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