New Delhi: India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US has not given any opportunity to question Pakistani-Canadian Rana, Headley's US-based wife Shazia, his girlfriend Portia Peter and one more female friend.
Indian investigators believe that if they could quiz the three, many hidden information could come into light as Rana was a close associate of his Pakistani-American friend Headley, and Shazia and the two girlfriends were in regular touch with Headley before and after the Mumbai terror attack. The investigators believe that Rana, Shazia and others have a lot of information and their interrogations could throw more light on the conspiracy hatched to carry out the worst terror strike in India and role of those behind it.
"The Home Minister and his delegation is expected to raise the issue of access to Rana and others," a source said. 51-year-old Headley had pleaded guilty to 12 terrorism charges, including his involvement in the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that claimed 166 lives. He had, however, entered into plea bargain with US authorities.
A court in the US had sentenced 52-year-old Rana to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release.
08:00 PM, May 16, 2013
Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif told CNN-IBN that he will share the Kargil report with India if voted to power. ...
08:48 PM, May 06, 2013
Nawaz Sharif, tipped to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan after the May 11 elections, has assured India of a thorough probe into the role of the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar in a Devil's Advocate special from Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif also said the findings of the Kargil probe will be shared with India if he came to power. Following is an excerpt...
03:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Islamabad: The Pakistani prosecutor handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack case and the Benazir Bhutto assassination case has reportedly been shot dead in Islamabad. Chaudhry Zulfiqar, the prosecutor of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), was shot dead by unidentified armed men in Islamabad on Friday morning, Pakistan's Geo News reported. Reports say unidentified armed motorcycle-borne men opened fire on Chaudhry Zulfiqar. He was critically injured and was being rushed to the hospital...
09:22 AM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: The trial of suspected LeT operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case will start in Mumbai from May 4. "The sessions court (which is conducting the trial) on Thursday issued production warrant against him," said a crime branch official. Mumbai crime branch took Jundal's custody from Delhi Police in the 26/11 case on July 21, 2012, and filed chargesheet in October. The chargesheet...
08:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Mumbai: Abu Jundal, an alleged operative of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key handler during the 26/11 terror attacks, has approached Bombay High Court seeking that he should not be kept in solitary confinement in the same cell where Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab once stayed. Jundal has been lodged in Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai. His cell was earlier occupied by Kasab, the lone arrested terrorist of 26/11 attacks,...
07:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Six months after the police filed the chargesheet against suspected LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror strike Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the trial is set to start. ...
10:28 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for two weeks as the judge was away to attend a training course. ...
08:40 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Kasab was hanged in November last year for his role in the terror attacks, in which 166 people were killed. ...
05:34 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The special MCOCA court on Tuesday directed Arthur Road jail to file a report on the medical condition of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal on his plea that he was 'hallucinating' about hanged terrorist Ajmal Kasab. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The John Abrahm, Chitrangada Singh and Prachi Desai starrer started on a dull note and collected approx Rs 5.40 crore net in its opening weekend. RGV's 'The Attacks of 26/11' too couldn't do wonders at the BO. ...
06:10 PM, Mar 05, 2013
"I think it's very important that life-changing events like those what happened on the night of 26/11 should be chronicled in every manner," he said. ...
12:52 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The trial of seven Pakistanis charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned for two weeks after prosecutors informed the judge that they were awaiting an undertaking from Indian authorities regarding the visit of a Pakistani judicial commission. ...
04:43 PM, Mar 02, 2013
RGV must have heaved a sigh of relief after getting the initial reactions to the casting of Jaiswal as Kasab. ...
04:17 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Rajeev Masand says most of the 26/11 incidents have been staged awkwardly and handled without much finesse in the movie. ...
11:08 AM, Mar 02, 2013
A low angle shot of two boats bumping against each other, kind of prepared me for what was to come. ...
10:38 AM, Mar 02, 2013
It's not often that you go into a movie knowing exactly what to expect, but 'The Attacks of 26/11' is that rare exception. The plot and the end of this movie are no secret because the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, and the way the horror unfolded on the night of November 26, is still fresh in public memory. ...
11:26 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Masand says Ram Gopal Varma has set a one-dimensional, jingoistic and almost hysterical tone in 'The Attack of 26/11'. What do you think? Write your own review and win exciting prizes.
11:16 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The Hindi films releasing this Friday is John Abraham's romantic drama 'I, Me Aur Main' and Ram Gopal Varma's crime thriller 'The Attacks of 26/11'. The audiences can also treat themselves with Hollywood film, 'Jack the Giant Slayer'. ...
11:38 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Owner of the boat 'Kuber', that was used in the 26/11 terror attack, has served a legal notice on film director Ram Gopal Verma who has used the boat's name and even its registration number in his film 'Attack of 26/11' which will release tomorrow. ...
11:04 AM, Mar 01, 2013
