Mumbai ‘evidence’ given to Pakistan

India says it has handed over evidence linking Mumbai attacks to Pakistani “elements”.

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Indian accusations of Pakistani involvement in the attacks has raised tensions in the subcontinent [EPA]

India has blamed the Mumbai attacks on what it says are Pakistan-based militants, but Pakistan has denied the accusations saying India had yet to provide proof.

“It is our expectation that the government of Pakistan will promptly undertake further investigations in Pakistan and share the results with us so as to bring the perpetrators to justice”

Indian government statement

The attacks on multiple targets in India’s financial capital lasted for nearly three days and left 179 people dead with hundreds more wounded.

“This material is linked to elements in Pakistan,” an Indian government statement said, referring to the evidence handed over on Monday.

“It is our expectation that the government of Pakistan will promptly undertake further investigations in Pakistan and share the results with us so as to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

Tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals have been high in the wake of the attacks, with Pakistan redeploying troops away from the Afghan border toward India.

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The attacks on Mumbai lasted almost three days and killed 179 people [Reuters]

The two countries have fought three wars against each other since the subcontinent gained independence from Britain and partioned in 1947.

India has however been careful not to blame the attacks on the Pakistani government, and Monday’s statement again accused “elements in Pakistan” of being behind the plot.

Much of the Indian evidence in the attacks comes from interrogations of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only one of 10 attackers to survive.

Kasab has reportedly told Indian authorities that he and nine others were Pakistani nationals, that he was trained in Pakistan, and that his handlers are still there.

Pakistan has said it has no record of Kasab as a Pakistani citizen.

Source: News Agencies