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"Headley has agreed to fully and truthfully testify in any foreign judicial proceedings held in the US. We will continue to press for access to Headley in that he will testify in a court or subject himself to interrogation," Chidambaram told reporters here.
He was speaking after a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
According to Chidambaram, India has "already been given significant amount of information (on Headley's role in the Mumbai attacks)".
"Access will give us an opportunity to get more information. Headley has agreed to testify and there is a good chance he will testify in proceedings when Indian authorities will get to examine him either in court or through video-conferencing or through a letter rogatory."
He also said that the 49-year-old Headley's plea bargain "is not a setback for India">
India hopes to get access to 26/11 terror suspect David Headley to cross-examine or interrogate him, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday, stressing that the Pakistani American's plea bargain to escape the death sentence for planning the Mumbai mayhem.......
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 16:01 | Read More
"Headley has agreed to fully and truthfully testify in any foreign judicial proceedings held in the US. We will continue to press for access to Headley in that he will testify in a court or subject himself to interrogation," Chidambaram told reporters here.
He was speaking after a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"We have already been given significant amount of information (on Headley's role in the Mumbai attacks). Access will give us an opportunity to get more information. Headley has agreed to testify and there is a good chance he will testify in proceedings when Indian authorities will get to examine him either in court or through video-conferencing or through a letter rogatory," the minister said.
He said that Headley's confession, in a plea bargain for escaping the death sentence, "is not a setback for India">
India hopes to get access to 26/11 terror suspect David Headley to cross-examine or interrogate him, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday, adding that the Pakistani American's confession to planning the Mumbai mayhem 'is not a setback to India'........
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 15:51 | Read More