How did David Coleman Headley - who is already served a 15-month-jail-term for drug deals - get a visa to visit India? The Indian Consulate in Chicago is denying any wrongdoing, but they have a lot to answer for. Indian Consulate officials in Chicago refused to speak to the media about why Headley was granted a five years visa. The FBI has now revealed that Headley used videotapes of terror targets in Mumbai, which he had shot on location. Authorities in India are investigating why Headley wasn't subjected to the required background investigation. A background check would have revealed that Headley had just changed his identity from the name he was born with in 1960 - Daood Gilani - given to him by his father who is a citizen of Pakistan. Gilani was an ex-con heroine dealer who in 1988 was sentenced to 15-months in federal prison. He was also known to be a radical Muslim.New Delhi: India has sought a report from its Chicago consulate on the alleged disappearance of papers related to visas given to David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, accused by US authorities of being part of the 26/11 conspiracy, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Wednesday.
"I have sought a factual report from our consul general," Rao told reporters in the Capital.
The Indian consulate in Chicago issued visas to Rana and Headley to travel to India. Both made several trips between 2006 to 2008 to various cities in India.
The National Investigation Agency is currently probing the visa application process as part of its investigation into the role of Headley and Rana into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Rao added that India was getting "very good cooperation from the United States government" in the investigation.
"We have been told that they will cooperate with us at all levels," she said.
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