Pak studying list given by India on handlers of 26/11

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, July 3 (PTI) Pakistani investigators are
looking into a list of six individuals, including three former
army officers, named by India for acting as controllers and
handlers of the terrorists who carried out the 2008 Mumbai
attacks.
The names of several of these six individuals had
cropped up during investigations by Indian and American law
enforcement agencies but they have so far not officially been
made part of Pakistan's probe into the Mumbai incident,
diplomatic and other sources told PTI.
During his recent meeting with his Pakistani
counterpart Rehman Malik, Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
sought action against the six individuals, identified as Sajid
Mir, Major Abdur Rehman, Brigadier Riaz, Abu Qafa, Abu Al-Qama
and Abu Hamza, the sources said.
The Indian side provided detailed information on
these individuals, including photos, physical descriptions and
intelligence reports on locations at which they were earlier
based.
In some instances, this information included details
provided to Indian interrogators by Pakistani-American
national David Headley alias Dawood Gilani, the sources said.
Action against these individuals would be seen as an
indicator of Pakistan's resolve to bring to justice all those
who were behind the Mumbai attacks, including financiers,
handlers and controllers, the sources said.
The Indian side also told its Pakistani counterparts
that investigators could obtain voice samples of the
individuals and match them with recordings of conversations
between the Mumbai attackers and their Pakistan-based
handlers.
The Pakistani side claimed the suspects could refuse
to provide voice samples on the ground that these would be
"self-incriminatory" but the Indian side said investigators
could get a court order to obtain voice samples.
Besides, the Indian side also pointed out that
obtaining voice samples were part of modern investigation
techniques akin to obtaining fingerprints and DNA samples.
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