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| India reveals more evidence on Mumbai attacks |
| 2009-08-02 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] India's Home Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, says that New Delhi has provided Pakistan with more evidence about the Mumbai attacks. The Indian minister said all of Pakistan's previous questions about the investigation now have been answered, and that there is enough evidence for Pakistan to prosecute Hafiz Saeed, who is believed to be a central planner of the three-day terrorist siege in Mumbai. Saeed heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa charity, a reported front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, based in Pakistan, which is accused of carrying out the attacks on India. The bloodshed severely strained relations between India and Pakistan, and brought the two nuclear-armed neighbors' slow-moving peace process to a halt. Pakistan put Saeed under house arrest in December, but he was released in June by a court that ruled there was insufficient evidence against him. He is one of 38 people, including Pakistani nationals, who India says were the key figures in planning the attacks on Mumbai. India says all 10 gunmen involved in the assault on Mumbai were Pakistanis. Officials in Islamabad have accepted that the attacks were planned, in part on Pakistani territory, but they deny India's assertion that Pakistani government agents were involved. The lone surviving Mumbai gunman, Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, testified in court that he was 'waging war' against India at the time. Pakistan has filed police complaints against at least five suspects, and is searching for at least a dozen others in the case. |
| Posted by:Fred |