March 23, 2016 7:50 AM

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26/11 Mumbai terror attack case: Cross-examination of Headley to start from today

The cross-examination of Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case will start in a shortwhile from now. It was earlier scheduled to be held yesterday, but as one of the attorneys of Headley was not well, the court was requested to start the proceedings from today and it agreed to the same. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that Headley's cross-examination will go on for four days. Abdul Wahab Khan, the lawyer of Abu Jundal, an alleged key plotter of the terror attack, will do the cross-examination.<br/><br/>Headley, who has turned an approver, concluded his week-long deposition before Mumbai sessions court through a video-link from the US on February 13. On February 22, Judge GA Sanap had directed Mr Nikam to contact US authorities for Headley's second round of deposition and inform the court by February 25, after which the dates of his testimony were to be finalized. Mr Khan then sought four days to cross-examine Headley. Mr Khan has also filed an application objecting to Headley being made an approver by the court.<br/><br/>Headley, who is serving a 35-year jail term in the US, said in his deposition how Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI provides "financial, military and moral support" to terror outfits Lashkar e Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, and how LeT planned and executed the 26/11 attack.

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