Washington: LeT operative David Headley`s
cellphone and his Chicago apartment were registered in the
names of dead persons and investigations have found that he
was leading a double life under directions from the Pakistan-
based terror outfit, according to the FBI.
Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006 to
further his cover, the FBI said.
A team of officials from FBI and the Justice Department
headed for Pakistan from Delhi to follow up on leads after
briefing Indian authorities on its investigations into the
conspiracy involving Headley, a Pakistani-American, and his
Pakistani-Canadian accomplice Tahawwur Rana, in the Mumbai
terror attacks.
"We have been having close consultations with Pakistani
authorities in this investigation and the joint FBI-Department
of Justice team will meet officials of various government
agencies," US Embassy spokesman in Islamabad Rick Snelsire
told agency.
In New Delhi, Home Secretary G K Pillai said the
terrorists were working on new strategies and the time has
come to "think the unthinkable".
"As we have seen from the Headley case that one can
still slip through the radar...Because nobody will look for a
US citizen with an American passport and a business visa".
49-year-old Headley has been charged by the FBI for
helping plot last year`s 26/11 attacks that left 166 including
six foreigners dead and 304 injured.
In August this year, deceptive answers at the airport
about his travels abroad aroused the suspicion of officials
and subsequently led to his arrest.
He was questioned by an inspector and ambiguous
responses began to unravel his double life, the Wall Street
Journal reported quoting Law Enforcement officials.
On being quizzed, Headley said he with a company named
First World Immigration Service which, investigators believe,
provided him a cover to scout for terror targets for LeT.
Headley`s luggage was searched and it "contained no
papers or other documents relating to such a business,"
according to court documents. They also searched tax records
and found no record of income paid to Headley by the company,
court records show.
Headley has been charged on twelve counts including
conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim
persons in India and Denmark and provide material support to
foreign terrorist plots and to provide material support to
LeT.
He has also been charged of aiding and abetting murder
of US citizens in India.
PTI
