India has failed to provide Mumbai report to Interpol
* Interpol chief says agency has information on those who planned, facilitated, funded Mumbai attacks
* Interior adviser urges India to respond quickly to Pakistans queries
By Tahir Niaz
ISLAMABAD: Visiting Interpol General Secretary Richard K Noble on Sunday called on India to take the lead in investigations into the Mumbai attacks, saying Indian authorities had so far failed to provide any report to Interpol.
Addressing a press conference with Interior Adviser Rehman Malik, the secretary general said Interpol had information of paramount importance that would help Pakistans Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) determine the full dimensions of the Mumbai attacks.
Information: For the first time, we have detailed information on telephone numbers, bank accounts used in terrorist financing as well as internet addresses and the equipment and materials used to perpetrate these attacks, Noble said.
He said all of the information was being checked against Interpols global databases to determine what international links might exist. For the first time, we have police information on those who planned, facilitated and funded those attacks.
The Interpol chief said they had sent key leads and information received from Pakistan to all of Interpols 187 member countries so that they could better protect their citizens and provide valuable information to Pakistan.
He said Pakistan would provide Interpol the DNA profiles that Islamabad obtained during its investigation into the Mumbai attacks. The profiles will be compared against the worlds only global DNA database containing more than 83,000 DNA profiles, he said. In order for these comparisons to be complete India will be required to send Interpol the DNA profiles that they obtained in their investigation.
He said Pakistani authorities cooperation following the Mumbai attacks had been nothing short of extraordinary, adding Islamabad had shown integrity by publicly admitting that the Mumbai attacks had been partly planned in the country.
Noble said seven countries, including India and some European states, were used for perpetrating the attacks.
The Interpol chief said Pakistan and its people were hit the worst by terrorism and the world stood with them in the war on terror.
Commenting on the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, he said it had some similarity with the Mumbai attacks, but nothing could be ascertained until he discussed the matter with the local officials.
Response: Earlier, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik urged India to reply to 30 questions by Pakistan relating to the Mumbai attacks at the earliest.
The adviser said only 13 days were left of the remand of the Mumbai attacks accused held in Pakistan, adding that Pakistan was awaiting Indias response.
Indian authorities should share the information details asked by Pakistan regarding the progress into the probe, Malik said. India should provide evidence and investigation details as soon as possible.
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