13 Nov : The National Intelligence Agency has registered a case against American national David Headley for allegedly plotting terror attacks in India and the Government said on Thursday it would press for his extradition from the US.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today said that National Investigating Agency is trying to extradite terror suspect David Coleman Headley to India.
Meanwhile police investigations are on in the states Headley reportedly visited.
Government also said that it had enough evidence to show Headley, who is currently in custody in the US, had links with Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT).
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters that besides Headley, the NIA has registered a case against his Canadian accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana.
Meanwhile, all the states where Headley reportedly visited have begun investigations. Uttar Pradesh and Gujrat police said that Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) of the state along with other agencies are looking into the reported visit of David Coleman Headley.
The duo were booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and for conspiring to wage war against the country.
Maintaining that Headley had visited India “several times before 26/11 and once after” the Mumbai terror strikes, Chidambaram said “we are conducting investigations in the cities he visited to find out whom he met and what he did.”