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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Mar 25, 2016, 01:27 PM IST
Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley on Friday told the court that he has hated India since his childhood and later joined LeT to take the revenge of his school's bombing in 1971.
The 55-year-old, who has turned approver in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, stated this during a cross-examination on the third day by Abdul Wahab Khan, the lawyer of Abu Jundal, an alleged key plotter of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, via a video link from the US.
"I have this hatred towards India since December 7, 1971, when Indian planes bombed my school & people who worked there died," claimed Headley.
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He further claimed that he joined LeT to avenge those bombings on his school.
Headley also said that Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was Pakistan's Prime Minister in 2008, had visited his home within weeks after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, giving a new twist to his testimony.
"It is not correct to say that the then Prime Minister of Pakistan--Yousuf Raza Gilani-- had attended the funeral of my father who passed away a month after the Mumbai terror attacks on 26/12/2008. Infact, he (Gilani) visited our house (in Pakistan) a few weeks thereafter," the Pakistani-American terrorist told special judge G A Sanap.
Deposing for the third day, Headley said his father, who was a Director General with Pakistan Radio, knew about his links with with LeT."My father was aware of my association with
"My father was aware of my association with LeT and he was not happy about it," he said.
Headley, who has been convicted in the US, for his role in the November 2008 attacks, also denied using Daniel's mobile phone during his visit to Pakistan before the dastardly strikes in Mumbai.He is serving a 35 year jail term in the US.
