INDIAN GOVT TO ASSIST M`SIAN POLICE IN PROBE INTO MUMBAI TERRORISTS

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- The Indian Government will assist the
Malaysian police over allegations that some terrorists in last week's Mumbai
attacks had used Malaysian addresses to rent apartments in the Indian
city.

Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Ashok K. Kantha said the Indian
Government, through its high commission here, was ready to offer whatever
neccesary assistance.

"Both Malaysia and India enjoy strong bilateral ties and for that
goodwill, we will assist the Malaysian police in required sectors of the matter.
We are following (up on) the development of the allegations.

"However, we need to wait for the outcome and let the authorities in India
conduct their probe into the allegations. We hope for the best," he told
reporters Tuesday.

Kantha said this after conveying his condolences to the family of Hemalatha
Kassippilai at the latter's home in Bangsar here this afternoon.

Hemalatha, 51, a customer relations manager with a German reinsurance firm,

was among 172 people killed during the Mumbai mayhem.

The deceased's charred body was found in Room 637 of the Taj Mahal Palace
Hotel last Saturday.

Meanwhile, Hemalatha's husband K. Sivakumaran lambasted the Indian
authorities, blaming their carelessness for the attacks which saw innocent lives
perish.

He hoped the terrorist attacks had taught the Indian authorities a lesson.

Sivakumaran, a general manager in a security firm, also accused the Indian
authorities of having left him in the lurch when he arrived in Mumbai to search
for his wife.

He said: "None of the Indian personnel assisted me. Luckily, the Malaysian
consulate office in Mumbai, with the help of the India High Commission in
Malaysia, guided me. I went up and down the city to search for my wife."
-- BERNAMA