Mumbai: With investigators ready to file
chargesheet in Headley-Rana case, security agencies have found
that the American terror suspect had assets running into
crores of rupees in Pakistan, the US and a Gulf nation.
There were indications that Headley was into the real
estate business in a Gulf country as per documents procured by
the security agencies and the National Investigating Agency
(NIA), probing the role of Headley and his Pakistani-Canadian
accomplice Tahawwur Rana.
According to sources privy to the investigations, the
49-year-old Headley owns palatial houses in Pakistan and the
US besides flats in a Gulf country and vast estate land
running into several crores of rupees.
The sources said the probe findings were an eye-opener as
the investigators were trying to ascertain the financial
transactions of Headley, who was arrested by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in Chicago on October 3 last year.
The investigators were trailing the credit card payments
made by Headley, charged by the FBI with conspiring in the
26/11 attacks, while he was staying in Mumbai and travelling
in rest of the country including Delhi, Ajmer, Goa and Pune.
While majority of transactions were carried out by
Headley with cash only, he had used his credit cards including
an American Express card for purchases in Mumbai and paying
hotel bills at five-star hotels in the megapolis.
NIA had already asked the FBI to provide details of bank
statements and credit card payments used by Headley, the
sources said, adding some of the information was still awaited
from the US investigators.
According to the sources, the investigators had been
able to find details about Headley`s properties from his
`friends` network in India which included detailed questioning
of a noted socialite in the megapolis.
The American terror suspect had been provided nearly Rs
15 lakh in cash by the Lashker-e-Toiba for spending in India
and building a network of friends who could have helped him in
conducting various surveillance exercises.
In the meantime, the NIA was likely to file a chargesheet
against the duo soon. The investigating agency, which came
into existence after the 26/11 attacks, have registered a case
against the duo for conspiring to wage war against the country
and under other sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act.
PTI
