Click to play videoMumbai: For the first time in a terror trial in India, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was deposed before the Special Court in Mumbai. The agent's testimony is crucial in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday when the FBI reinforced the Pakistani link when they said the GPS system used by the terrorists confirmed they came from Karachi.
The agent was a forensic expert and his name was kept secret, but the evidence he gave on the 26/11 attack was damning.
The agent told the court he had examined five GPS devices and a satellite phone recovered from the terrorists. Three of the devices clearly showed the route from Karachi to Mumbai. The data from two other devices could not be retrieved as their batteries were dead.
One more FBI agent will be deposed on Thursday and three US citizens through a video-conference are being arranged by the court .
Meanwhile, newly appointed US Ambassador Timothy Roemer applauded Indo-US cooperation in fighting terrorism.
"FBI deposition shows that the US is a partner of India in countering terror. We are pressing Pakistan hard on the Mumbai suspects," said Roemer.
He did not comment on Pakistan's claim that India had provided insufficient evidence against Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed, but made clear Washington shared Delhi's concerns.
"We are committed to shutting down terror networks and financing of those networks. Want to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks to justice," he said.
While neither Washington nor Delhi will find it easy to get their hands on Hafiz Saeed, Ambassador Roemer underscored that counter terrorism cooperation between India and the US was expanding, whether in terms of sharing intelligence or physically securing Indian citizens.
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