FBI Team to Visit India to Investigate the Headley-Rana Case
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will be visiting New Delhi to unravel the Headley-Rana network in India, and their connection with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) .
The United States President Barack Obama is sending a high level FBI team to India to reveal comprehensive details about the Headley-Rana interrogations. "Let us see what information they share," the National Security Adviser M K Narayanan said. On Sunday Mr. Narayanan told newspersons that Obama had told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that, "he was seized of the case related to Headley and Rana".
Headley, a Pakistani-born American, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian of Pakistani-origin, were arrested by the FBI in October on charges of planning terror attacks in India and Denmark, dictated by the LeT. The team is also expected to probe into the plans and network of Headley and Rana. The Indian investigators suspect the involvement of these co-conspirators in the terror attacks in Mumbai, on 26th November 2008, but there is no evidence so far in this regard.
According to sources, the US President Barack Obama has promised to extend full support to India and provide all details about the suspects to the Indian officials. The sources also said that, during his meeting with the US President, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has showed his concern over "new hubs of terrorism coming up in India's neighborhood", and was disappointed with Pakistan's approach in dealing with terrorism. Obama also expressed his unhappiness over Pakistan's approach in a Indo-US joint statement, which mentioned "safe havens" for terrorism in Pakistan, and urged the need to destroy these bases completely.
Earlier this month, a team of Indian investigators had been to the US to interrogate Headley and Rana, but were denied access to do so, due to some "legal compulsions", cited by the US. The US National Security Adviser James Jones had said the Indian investigators were not permitted to question the arrested LeT suspects, as the US legal system has certain facets, which protects the rights of the accused.
The FBI has been actively involved in the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. With this visit, the cooperation between India and the US on counter-terrorism is likely to increase, officials said.
Headley, a Pakistani-born American, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian of Pakistani-origin, were arrested by the FBI in October on charges of planning terror attacks in India and Denmark, dictated by the LeT. The team is also expected to probe into the plans and network of Headley and Rana. The Indian investigators suspect the involvement of these co-conspirators in the terror attacks in Mumbai, on 26th November 2008, but there is no evidence so far in this regard.
According to sources, the US President Barack Obama has promised to extend full support to India and provide all details about the suspects to the Indian officials. The sources also said that, during his meeting with the US President, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has showed his concern over "new hubs of terrorism coming up in India's neighborhood", and was disappointed with Pakistan's approach in dealing with terrorism. Obama also expressed his unhappiness over Pakistan's approach in a Indo-US joint statement, which mentioned "safe havens" for terrorism in Pakistan, and urged the need to destroy these bases completely.
Earlier this month, a team of Indian investigators had been to the US to interrogate Headley and Rana, but were denied access to do so, due to some "legal compulsions", cited by the US. The US National Security Adviser James Jones had said the Indian investigators were not permitted to question the arrested LeT suspects, as the US legal system has certain facets, which protects the rights of the accused.
The FBI has been actively involved in the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. With this visit, the cooperation between India and the US on counter-terrorism is likely to increase, officials said.
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