NEW DELHI: India on Monday rejected a joint probe with Pakistani investigation authorities into the Mumbai attacks, but said it was ready to cooperate and share all details with Pakistan.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, “Whatever information we get from Pakistan, we will respond to it.”
India is ready to cooperate with Pakistan “as and when it is necessary” in its investigation into the Mumbai attacks, Mukherjee said while referring to the material provided to Islamabad about Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks.
Channel: “But information must be made available through official channels and not through the media,” the minister said.
“As far as joint investigation is concerned, I have told you we are having investigation,” he said.
Mukherjee’s remarks come amid speculations that a team of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency will visit India to pursue leads in the Mumbai terror attack, which will help them to prosecute Pakistanis involved in the attacks.
Earlier, Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik met Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to inquire about the status of Islamabad’s queries submitted last week.
Pakistan had submitted 30 questions related to DNA reports and fingerprints of all the 10 terrorists, data from the cell phones, satellite phones and GPS devices used by the attackers, as well as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) data, voice recordings and radio intercepts.
Details about the weapons and ammunition used by the terrorists along with ballistics and explosives reports had also been sought by Pakistan.
Sources said the Pakistani high commissioner assured the Indian foreign secretary of Islamabad’s resolve to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice.
The Mumbai police are set to file a 2,000-page charge sheet on the 26/11 carnage by Wednesday, when the 90-day statutory deadline ends.
The charge sheet is likely to be submitted before a city magistrate in Mumbai.
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