Islamabad: Close on the heels of US
authorities charging LeT operative David Coleman Headley for
facilitating the Mumbai attacks, the FBI will follow up leads
related to his activities and connections in Pakistan.
A joint team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and US Department of Justice will "follow up leads in the
case", including Headley's activities and connections in
Pakistan, US embassy spokesman Rick Snelsire said.
He did not give further details.
"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," Snelsire told today.
Authorities were unwilling to divulge details about
the US team's visit to Pakistan for security reasons.
Pakistan has witnessed a wave of terrorist attacks in
the past few weeks and visits by all US officials are usually
cloaked in secrecy.
Headley, who was earlier accused by US authorities of
planning an attack on a Danish newspaper that published
cartoons of prophet Mohammed, was charged on Monday with
conducting surveillance on targets in Mumbai before the
terrorist attacks in November 2008 that killed 166 people.
Born as Daood Gilani, Headley changed his name so that
he could travel to India without arousing the suspicion of
authorities.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 09, 2009, 17:24