Mumbai attacks reply not ready: India

Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3:03 am

The government of India is yet to finalise draft to Pakistan’s 30 questions. Sources in the government say that it is taking time and care to finalise its reply to Pakistan. Soruces also said that the government is interested in follproofing draft of reply to Pakistan’s 30 questions.

Meanwhile, sources also said the govenment wants Pakistan not to stall probe into the 26/11 attacks.

India is expected to reply to Pakistan’s questions on Mumbai attacks this week, giving further information about the terror strikes with the hope that it would be used by Islamabad to bring perpetrators to justice.

The replies to the 30 questions asked by Pakistan are ready and are expected to be handed over to Islamabad this week, sources said.

What has Pakistan asked?

Pakistan, in response to the Indian dossier of evidence given on January 5, had posed 30 questions on February 12.

In its questionnaire, Pakistan had sought fingerprints and DNA profiles of all the 10 terrorists who carried out the attacks.

Islamabad had also sought post-mortem reports of the nine killed terrorists and their detailed description and information as provided by Kasav.

Pakistan had requested for “authenticated copy” of the confessional statement of lone captured terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasav as recorded by judicial authorities and “other documentation/diaries recovered from his possession”.

It had also sought mobile numbers used by Kasav in the past, if he had disclosed these during interrogation.

The queries included a request for “authentic forensic analysis reports of mobile/satellite phones and any other evidence establishing connectivity and communication of the terrorists with militants based abroad, along with identifying particulars”.

Pakistan had sought “detailed transcripts of conversation amongst the terrorists” and “with their handlers” during the 60-hour-long attacks. It also sought logs of cell phone interceptions.

Besides, the request includes voice recordings of Abu Hamza and Kahfa, who were identified as ‘handlers’ by Kasav, and other technical information.

There were also two questions seeking the forensic analysis of the Thuraya satellite phone and cellular phones used by the 10 terrorists who carried out the attacks.

Pakistan also sought details of the interrogation of two Indian nationals arrested on the charge of providing phone SIMs to the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks.

It had also sought clarity on the GPS data provided by India in its dossier to identify the “launching area” of the terrorist, saying “certain ambiguities have been noticed in the information already provided”.

The Pakistani document said the lack of “date stamps” on some of the GPS data is “creating doubt whether these points are authentic”.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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