Granting of Visa without HM clearance under probe; investigations also underway of Headley-Rana links to Mumbai attack<br/>New Delhi says the issue of granting visa to David Headley, US born citizen of Pakistani origin, allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror plot, by Indian Consulate in Chicago without Home Ministry's clearance is being looked into carefully.<br/>The External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna told reporters that the issue of the visit of his Canadian accomplice Tahawwur Rehman Rana to various Indian cities is also being probed. Sources say, Centre has evidence that Headley and his Canadian accomplice were in Pakistan, the day Mumbai carnage took place last year.<br/>The investigating agencies are now studying the transcripts of intercepted telephone calls between the Mumbai attackers and their handlers in Pakistan to establish Headley and his accomplice’s links to the terror attack.<br/>The Centre has asked the states to beef up security at nuclear installations across the country following intelligence reports about a possible terror strike. Centre has already made it clear that nuclear installations are safe and secure as multiple levels of security have been put in place.<br/>In a related devolpment Police have identified two central Delhi cyber cafes visited by suspected LeT operative David Headley during his three-day stay in the national capital early this year. Police sources said that it has intensified checkings at cyber cafes in central Delhi's Paharganj, which is continuing on Tuesday also. A senior police official said they have identified two cyber cafes visited by Headley during his three day stay in two hotels in Paharganj in March this year. He said, the information has been passed to National Investigation Agency.<br/>
News On AIR | November 17, 2009 6:04 PM
Headley, Rana role in 26/11 Mumbai attack being probed : Krishna