Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government is viewing "very seriously" the visit of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested by FBI along with suspected LeT operative David
Headley, to Kochi, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said here today.
The state government would act according to the
Centre's direction in the matter, he told reporters after a
cabinet meeting.
Officials of National Investigation Agency (NIA) have
arrived in Kochi to probe the activities of Rana and his
woman compassion during their stay in the city. Rana had
stayed with the woman in a five-star-cum-business hotel in
Kochi on November 16-17 last year, posing as an immigration
consultant.
Intelligence agencies and state police have come
across evidence regarding Rana's visit. Rana, who arrived in
Kochi on November 16, 2008, along with a woman called Samraz
Akthar, had checked into the hotel and left for Mumbai the
next afternoon.
Investigators had also found an advertisement that
appeared in a newspaper stating that he would be in Kochi
offering job aspirants visas to the US and Canada.
FBI had arrested Headley and Rana, a Canadian
national, last month.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 14:50