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India can quiz 26/11 convict Headley in US: No extradition to India | Despite Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley being assured about no extradition to India, the Indian authorities can have access to him in the United States and question him with respect to all the charges levelled against him. Headley, who has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) for conspiring in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has pleaded guilty to all 12
charges levelled against him in a US court. It is reported that Headley struck
a deal with US prosecutors, which concludes him not being extradited to India
and not receiving the death penalty. The admissions were made as part of a plea
agreement that brought US prosecutors one of the most significant convictions
since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 , with Headley agreeing to testify
against his Canadian co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana in exchange for being
spared the death penalty or future extradition to India. The agreement says that when
directed by the United States Attorney's Office, he will fully and truthfully
testify in any foreign judicial proceedings held in the United States by way of
deposition, video-conferencing or letters rogatory. This indicates that he can
be questioned in the United States under American supervision. Union Home
Secretary GK Pillai had on Thursday said that India would lodge a protest if Headley
is let off lightly, adding that New Delhi would continue to demand access Headley.
Fortynine-year old Headley is accused of being a scout for the deadly 26/11
Mumbai terror attacks in which at least 166 people, including six Americans, were
killed and for a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist. |
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