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FBI refuses to extradite Headley

FBI refuses to extradite Headley

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New Delhi: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has politely turned down India’s request for extradition of terror suspect David Coleman Headley to the country on the ground he will have to first undergo a sentence which could be imposed on him in the US for the offences committed if convicted.

Indian officials were told there was no realistic possibility of the Pakistani-American being handed over.

The US stand was conveyed to the Indian investigators by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) officials during their regular interaction to discuss the case related to Headley, whose links with the banned Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) were being probed by the two countries, officials close to the matter said.

The polite turning down of the Indian request for extradition of 49-year-old Headley, arrested in Chicago on October three last, came in the wake of repeated statements including that by Union home secretary G.K. Pillai that India would press for the extradition of the terror suspect.

Pillai had said earlier that India will seek his extradition after completing investigation by January next year into his links with the Mumbai terror attacks.

However, FBI seems to be in no mood to hand him over to India and very politely conveyed that he could be handed over once the sentence ranging to 300 years is completed. He can also be sentenced to death, the officials said.

Headley has been charged by the FBI for the Mumbai attacks. He is alleged to have conducted reconnaissance of all targets attacked by LeT on 26 November.

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Published: 27 Dec 2009, 09:49 PM IST
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