New Delhi: David Coleman Headley, arrested by
the FBI for plotting a major terror attack in India at the
behest of the LeT, had visited the country, including Mumbai,
several times, Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Sunday.
"We do know that Headley had visited India a number of
times. That is being investigated," he told reporters here
when asked about media reports which said that the US citizen
had visited the country.
"He has been in Mumbai and some other places," the Home
Secretary said to a question about the places Headley had
visited in India.
49-year-old Headley was arrested last month at Chicago's
O'Hare International Airport as he prepared to board a flight
to Philadelphia, intending to travel to Pakistan. FBI also
arrested Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, a Canadian citizen of
Pakistani origin, in the case.
Rana was arrested for planning attacks on National
Defence College in Delhi and some other installations in the
country.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 08, 2009, 15:41