“Pakistani father-son duo held in Italy over Mumbai attacks”
Press Trust Of India
London, November 21, 2009
First Published: 13:53 IST(21/11/2009)
Last Updated: 15:01 IST(21/11/2009)
SNIPPET: “In a statement, police said the suspects managed a money transfer agency and helped fund the November 26 attacks.
The day before the attacks last year they transferred money to activate an Internet phone account that was used by the attackers and their accomplices, Stefano Fonzi, the head of anti-terror police in Brescia, was quoted as saying by AP.”
SNIPPET: “Italian police began the probe in December last year after being alerted by FBI that the money had been sent from Italy, Fonzi was quoted as saying, adding that the funds were transferred under the identity of another Pakistani who never visited Italy and was not involved in the alleged crimes.
The two men have been accused of aiding and abetting international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.”
SNIPPET: “They said Indian agencies are also trying to find out whether the arrested persons had any links with David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, nabbed by the FBI in the US last month on charges of plotting a major terror attack in India at LeT’s behest.”
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers36/paper3514.html
Paper no. 3514
20-Nov-2009
“Headley-Rana Case: Need for Caution”
by B. Raman
SNIPPET: “9. If this kind of ill-advised speculation continues, it may come in the way of the FBI being able to share with India all the information that comes to its notice about the past and the future. The Government should caution its officials against talking to the media about the progress of the investigation and also issue an advisory to the media against frenzied speculation, which could be exploited by the lawyers of the two suspects to argue that the sharing of the information by the FBI with the Indian agencies might affect the legal rights of their clients.”