A three-member team of National Investigation Agency, along with a public prosecutor is expected to leave for the United States later tonight to question Mumbai blast accused<br/>Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley. <br/><br/>The team has prepared questions about his stay in the country especially during<br/>March 2009, his last visit to India. Official sources said, the questioning of Headley is going to revolve around the places he had visited in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks and the people he had remained in touch with during his stay in India. <br/><br/>The travel details of Headley, being sought mainly as investigators believe that this visit may have been to finalise the synchronised terror strikes on Jewish houses located in five cities. This will be for the first time that 49-year-old Headley, will be facing direct questions from Indian investigators. The statement of Headley would be recorded by the Special Law Officer of India after which the NIA, may file a charge sheet against him.<br/><br/>Besides the Indian team, those expected to be present during the questioning would be Headley's lawyer and an officer of the FBI.<br/><br/>The visit of the NIA team comes after Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium held a meeting with US Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss modalities in April this year.<br/> Headley, who was arrested by the FBI in October last year, has pleaded guilty before a Chicago court in the US to his involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
News On AIR | May 30, 2010 7:48 PM
3-member NIA team leaves for US to question Headley