India proposes to send Comm to Pak to question 26/11 accused

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) In a fresh proposal, India has
conveyed to Pakistan that it wants to send a Commission to
Islamabad to question Lashker-e-Taiba terrorists, including
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, in connection with the 26/11 terror
attacks in Mumbai.
In a communication, New Delhi told Islamabad that it
wanted to send a Commission to get voice samples of the
masterminds who were present in the control room directing
26/11 attackers in Mumbai which claimed 166 lives.
India also conveyed to Pakistan that it wanted to
question Lakhvi and six other suspects who were arrested and
charged under Pakistani anti-terrorism laws in November 2009,
government sources said.
The other accused India wants to question include Zarrar
Shah and Abu Al Qama.
On several occasions in the past, India had asked
Pakistan to inform it about the steps being taken to process
the requests for voice samples of all Mumbai terror attacks
accused.
Home Minister P Chidambaram had during his meeting with
his Pakistani counterpart in June in Islamabad asked for
information about seven persons, involved in the attack and
are currently based in Pakistan.
New Delhi also told Islamabad that it is examining
Pakistan's request for allowing a Commission to come and
record the statement of the Investigating Officer and the
magistrate who conducted the probe and the trial of 26/11 and
the doctor who performed the postmortem on the nine dead
terrorists who carried out the attack.
Pakistan government wants to send a Commission to take
statements of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R V
Sawant Waghule and Investigating Officer Ramesh Mahale, who
recorded 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's statement, and the
doctor who carried out the post-mortem of the dead terrorists.
India wants a confirmation from Pakistan that there
would be no further requests for any questioning on anyone
related to 26/11 attack on India soil, sources said.