March 24, 2010 2:24 PM

printer

India insists US allow access to Headley for interrogation

<br/>Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters in Bangalore today that one day or the other, US will have to agree that Headley has to undergo interrogation by our agencies. Asked whether it was unfair and unjustified of US to deny access to Indian investigators when Indian government had allowed the FBI to interrogate gunman Ajmal Kasab in Mumbai, the Minister noted "we don't want to pass a value judgement on their policy and matter". But Moily added: ‘We need to hard-press our argument and you Know we have a strong bargaining. We have to make a strong case which we have already made out. Here Headley is involved, he is really involved", Moily asserted. Four days after US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robert Blake publicly stated in New Delhi that the Indian investigators will have access to Headley, American Ambassador Timothy J Roemer had said in a statement yesterday that "no decision on direct access for India to David Headley has been made." Reacting to a question on Nuclear Liability Bill, Moily said they did not rule out the possibility of raising the aggregate level of compensation payable to the victims of nuclear disaster from Rs 500 crore as envisaged in the Bill. The opposition parties are objecting to the compensation cap of Rs 500 crore on the operator as envisaged in the bill. He said that Government has taken some view on this matter. Suppose after consulting everybody if it has to be increased, that's another matter. But as on today, I don’t say it's ‘unreasonable", he said.<br/>

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.