Giving green signal to the Pakistani judicial commission, the Mumbai high court has proposed first week of February for its visit to examine the key officials linked to the probe of 26/11 terror attacks.
Giving green signal to the Pakistani judicial commission, the Mumbai high court has proposed first week of February for its visit to examine the key officials linked to the probe of 26/11 terror attacks.
Crucial for the progress of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in Pakistan, the visit of judicial commission is hanging fire since May 15, when it was communicated to Islamabad by New Delhi.
In receipt of the Mumbai high court’s nod, the ministry of home affairs has forwarded the message to the ministry of external affairs to take it up with their counterparts in Islamabad.
Once here, pending the internal political turmoil in Pakistan, the judicial commission would record the statements of additional chief metropolitan magistrate, RV Sawant Waghule and investigating officer, Ramesh Mahale, who have recorded the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the 26/11 attacks.
It may also record the statements of the doctors who conducted autopsy on the dead terrorists as well as the victims killed during the attack.
The chief metropolitan magistrate SS Shinde is expected to chair the proceedings and interact with the commission members for recording statements of witnesses. The conspirators of 26/11 terror attacks, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), top commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six others are currently lodged in a Rawalpindi jail.
Earlier, in reply to Pakistan’s willingness to send the judicial commission before Christmas in 2011, India had asked to defer the dates because of the parliament session and court holidays.
Facing international isolation, the Pakistan government had communicated names of the judicial commission to complete legal requirement for the trial. As per a gazette notification issued by the Pakistan government in December, the judicial commission includes federal investigating agency (FIA)’s special investigation group (SIG) chief Khalid Qureshi, M Azhar Chaudhry and FIA Senior Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulifqar.
The commission’s visit is expected to pave the way for an Indian commission’s visit to Islamabad on reciprocal basis, as reflected in the joint statement signed between the home secretaries of the two countries, to interrogate Zakir Ur Rehman Lakhvi, Abu-al-Qama, Zarar Shah and others.
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