New Delhi
1 August 2009
India on Saturday handed over to Pakistan a seven-page "detailed" dossier
containing additional evidence, sought by that country, of the November 26, 2008
terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Home Minister P Chidambaram said here that Pakistan now has "enough evidence" to
prosecute Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in connection with the Mumbai
attacks.
"There is enough evidence to continue probe against Saeed," Chidambaram said. Saeed,
who is also the founder of the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), is the mastermind of the 26/11
attacks.
The dossier, comprising a seven-page summary and 60 pages of annexures, was
handed over by TCA Raghavan, Joint Secretary in charge of the Pakistan division in the
Ministry of External Affairs, to Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Rifat Masood when
she was called to South Block.
The Ministry of External Affairs said here in a statement that on July 11, Pakistan had
provided to India, a dossier providing an update on investigations in Pakistan into the
terrorist attack on Mumbai.
(In the 34-page dossier given to India, Pakistan had sought the authenticated
interrogation reports of two Indian terrorists Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin held in
connection with the terror attacks. Pakistan had also sought the attested copies of
examination reports given by experts on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Voice
Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) used during the attacks.)
"A request had been made in it for further evidence. A detailed dossier of evidence has
been provided today to the Pakistan High Commission," the statement added.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who took charge earlier in the day, told reporters that
New Delhi would wait for "a meaningful response" from Islamabad.
"We will wait for Pakistan to examine the evidence provided in the dossier and we
expect a meaningful response from Pakistan," Rao said.
The latest dossier was handed over to the Pakistani side a day after the Home Ministry
finalised India's response to the latest set of questions sent by Pakistan in connection
with the Mumbai attacks.
Asked about the nature of the questions posed by Pakistan, Chidambaram told reporters
separately that they were "routine" queries such as "fill in the blanks" type. He said
Pakistan had asked for "information which is already there and asked for answers to
questions which can easily be found if someone has read the CrPC (Criminal Procedure
Code). Nevertheless, I have taken the trouble of dictating the response."
Sources indicated that the material contains "detailed information" about the
investigation and legal evidence regarding the 26/11 attacks carried out by Pakistan-
based LeT outfit. In the recent past, India had provided details of the conversations and
exchanges between the 10 terrorists who struck in Mumbai and their handlers in
Pakistan.
The dossier, fourth one to be handed over to Pakistan, is "comprehensive" and "covers
all points" raised by Pakistan and should be enough for it to take the prosecution to its
logical end, the sources said. Pakistan, meanwhile, has maintained that Saeed cannot
be prosecuted as there is not much evidence linking him to the 26/11 attacks.
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