India seeks access to Headley

India has been seeking access to Headley, 49, currently lodged in a Chicago prison, to unravel the conspiracy surrounding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The US has assured India that it would give access to him.

As Indian investigators are in the US hoping to quiz Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday said providing access to him is "is perhaps the logical next step."

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In his opening remarks at the inauguration of the first-ever Indo-US Strategic Dailogue, Krishna sought access to Headley, who has pleaded guilty to plotting the deadly Mumbai attacks.

Without naming 49-year-old Headley, Krishna said giving access to people apprehended by the US in connection with the the attacks "is perhaps the logical next step."