London, March 22: Pakistan has provided Interpol the
DNA profiles of the Mumbai terror attack suspects, with the
world police body immediately checking them against its global
database.
The Interpol received the profiles yesterday and that
would allow it to help Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency
(FIA) to "determine the full international dimension of these
attacks," the world body said in a statement issued from its
headquarters in Lyon, France.
Commending Islamabad's move of sharing the profiles with
the 187 member countries, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K
Noble said it sets "a benchmark for Interpol in
terrorist-related investigations.”
Interpol, which immediately ran the information through
its international database of some 85,000 DNA profiles, did
not specify if there were any matches.
India has blamed Pakistan-based elements for the Nov 26
attacks that claimed close to 170 lives, while Islamabad has
initiated criminal proceedings against eight suspects.
Interpol had two weeks back announced that Pakistan had
agreed to share the DNA details obtained during its
investigation and asked India to provide similar details they
had obtained in their probe into the Mumbai terror attacks.
The agency said it was working to uncover links to the
Mumbai strike in seven countries including India, the others
being in Europe and Middle East but did not give details.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 00:00