The US Friday expressed its inability to give India access to 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Pakistani Canadian Tahawwur Rana and David Coleman Headley, saying it was restricted by the ongoing judicial process regarding the two.
UNI reports,”US inclination is to accommodate the Indian request, but the court process makes it complex,” US Charge D’Affairs Peter Burleigh said talking to reporters.He was asked whether the US would give India access to Lashkar operative Headley and his co-accused Rana as it had offered the country all help in nailing down the culprits of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Mr Burleigh said his country was doing all to assist India in the 2008 attack case but giving access to the accused undergoing trial in his country was not so easy as it was not a matter just between two governments. “We have a continuing judicial process,” he said.The US envoy also refused any comment on identities of agencies involved in yesterday’s Mumbai terror attacks.
“We don’t want to make any assumptions.
We would analyse the information the Indian authorities would be releasing,” he said.
When asked whether the US shared any intelligence input regarding last evening’s Mumbai blasts, Mr Burleigh said his country always shares information with India whenever it has.
