Click to play videoNew Delhi: As the US steps up pressure on Pakistan to crackdown on the Lashkar-e-Toiba mounts, media reports have traced the roots of lone Mumbai terror attacker to a village in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Pakistan daily The Observer on Sunday confirmed the identity Ajmal Amir Kasav, after one of its correspondents travelled to Faridkot village — a village suspected to be a recruiting ground for the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Locals said Kasav’s parents were spirited away from their Faridkot house by unidentified people a few days ago.
Other villagers confirmed that the attacker had not lived there at least for the last four years but had visited his parents during Eid.
The revelations are critical to the ongoing investigations of where the attackers came from.
While the US is sending to the UN names of individuals and groups for possible sanctions, Senator John McCain is making it clear that Pakistan needs to act on its own.
“In our meetings today we urged that the Government of Pakistan act with urgency and in full cooperation,” McCain said.
Earlier Indian government sources said there was no 48-hour deadline for Islamabad to hand over terror suspects, but denied to comment on what measures India could take if Pakistan failed to hand them over.
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee issued a strong denial over a report that he had called up President Zardari and threatened him.
“It is worrying that a neighbouring state might even consider acting on the basis of such a hoax call, try to give it credibility with other states, and confuse the public by releasing the story in part,” Mukherjee said.
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