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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that no new dossier will be given to the visiting Pakistan delegation on the alleged LeT terrorist Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal who was arrested in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. "There was no need to give a fresh dossier to Pakistan 's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, as he has already been briefed about Jundal and his alleged terror-related activities," Chidambaram told media here. Chidambaram's remarks coincided with the commencement of the final round of the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks being held in New Delhi during which it was speculated that India will give Pakistan a dossier on Jundal. Chidambaram had earlier said Abu Jundal had a very safe haven in Pakistan and that India believes that the control room could not have been established without state support. He said that Pakistan should admit that he did go there and that he was present in the control room, and that he had a role to play in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Chidambaram said that LeT founder Hafiz Saeed was in the control room in Pakistan with Jundal during 26/11 Mumbai carnage. Delhi Police arrested Abu Jundal on his arrival from Saudi Arabia at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on June 21. He is in the custody of the Delhi Police Special Cell till July 5. According to reports, Jundal has admitted his active role in the 26/11 attack, saying he had worked in tandem with terror mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. He has during his interrogation confessed his role in the country's worst terror attack and admitted that he was present in the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) control room in Karachi from where direction was being to the 10 terrorists who carried out the strike in Mumbai.

No new dossier on Jundal to be given to Pakistan: Chidambaram