Headley case: India advises US investigators on lines to probe

Seeking to downplay the inability of Indian officials to get access to suspected terrorist David Headley, the government on Tuesday said it has received a full report from US investigators and has advised them on what lines further probe was required.

Seeking to downplay the inability of Indian officials to get access to suspected terrorist David Headley, the government on Tuesday said it has received a full report from US investigators and has advised them on what lines further probe was required.

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Home Ministry officials said the government has received a report from the FBI which was prepared on the basis of interrogation of Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, both arrested for their alleged involvement in terror activities.

"We now have a full report from US authorities on the alleged terror plot. There were gaps in the information given through the affidavit. We have also told them on what lines further probe is required," an official said.

On the inability of the Indian intelligence team, who went to the US, to question Headley and Rana, the official said it happened due to "procedural" hurdles and also because both of them are currently in jail.

"Because of the US law, it would be inappropriate to discuss it in public," the official said

Headley (49) was arrested last month at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Philadelphia, intending to travel to Pakistan. Subsequently FBI also arrested Rana, 48, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin.