New Delhi: After Pakistan refused permission
to NIA to conduct probe in that country, the agency is now
planning to send a judicial request to get corroborative
evidence on the information given by LeT operative David
Headley during his questioning by NIA sleuths in US prison.
After nearly one year of his questioning in the US, the
NIA now needs details of his assets, bank accounts and his
associates in Pakistan to corroborate Headley`s statement.
These details may be available with the neighbouring country
which is also probing the case.
The NIA has taken approval of the Centre to send a
Letters Rogatory (LR) through the Mumbai court to Pakistan
seeking transfer of evidence in connection with its case here
against Headley and his Canadian Associate Tahawwur Hussain
Rana who are accused of helping terrorists during 26/11 Mumbai
terror attacks, official sources said.
A Letters Rogatory is a formal request to a foreign court
for judicial assistance.
The details regarding LR have been finalised and
submitted to a Mumbai court which will forward it to the
concerned Pakistani court, they said.
The transfer of evidence by Pakistan will help the NIA
in framing charges against the duo who are in custody of the
United States, they said.
This process of seeking evidence through LR is
independent of a number of dossiers sent by the Home Ministry
seeking help of Pakistan in the probe.
The NIA had filed the case against Headley alias Dawood
Gilani, Rana and others for entering into a criminal
conspiracy with members of LeT and HUJI to commit terrorist
acts in Mumbai in the year 2008.
PTI
