US allows India to quiz Mumbai attack organiser
Sunday, 21 March 2010
NEW DELHI, Mar 20 (AFP): The United States (US) will permit India to question a Chicago man who has admitted scoping out sites for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, Home Minister P Chidambaram said Saturday.
The assurance came following a telephone conversation between Chidambaram and US Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday, the minister said in New Delhi.
"It is my understanding that India would be able to obtain access to David Coleman Headley to question him in a properly constituted judicial proceeding," Chidambaram said in a statement.
"Such judicial proceedings could be either pre-trial or during an inquiry or trial (and) it is also my understanding that Headley is obliged to cooperate fully and truthfully in such proceedings," he said.
The assurance came following a telephone conversation between Chidambaram and US Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday, the minister said in New Delhi.
"It is my understanding that India would be able to obtain access to David Coleman Headley to question him in a properly constituted judicial proceeding," Chidambaram said in a statement.
"Such judicial proceedings could be either pre-trial or during an inquiry or trial (and) it is also my understanding that Headley is obliged to cooperate fully and truthfully in such proceedings," he said.