NIA officials quiz Rahul Bhatt

During questioning by NIA officials,Bhatt said Headley had been often talking about commando training and skills,clearing obstacles. Headley had also boasted about his swift responses to any situation,the sources said.

Bhatt was also asked about the places he visited along with Headley and the nature of his conversation he had with the terror suspect,the sources said. A formal statement of Rahul Bhatt was however yet to be recorded and would be done so once other things fell in place,the sources added.

Rahul’s father Mahesh Bhatt told PTI that he had been called by the NIA officials to understand the basis of his claim that Headley was a CIA agent.

Bhatt has been maintaining that his son had done a duty what every citizen is expected to do but voiced his displeasure over some reports which had projected his son in a bad light.

NIA,which was set up in the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai attacks,has registered a case against Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana.

Headley and Rana,a Pakistani-Canadian national,were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and for conspiring to wage a war against the country.

The NIA had earlier recorded the statement of Vilas Warack,a gym instructor who met Headley along with Rahul.

Warack,who worked as an instructor at the high-profile Moksha Gym frequented by Headley,was asked about locations the American visited and names of persons whom he met there.

He has told the investigators that he had introduced Headley to Rahul Bhatt.

Warack claims that his sincerity cost him the job as he had voluntarily gone to Joint Commissioner Rakesh Maria and narrated everything he knew about Headley. The gym owner denied that Warack has been sacked and said he can resume his duties.

The gym instructor said he had met Headley at the centre and the US national asked him to be his fitness trainer and got friendly in the process.

Later,when he introduced Headley to Rahul,all three became friends and attended a number of high-profile parties in the tinsel town.

The gym instructor said that when he came to know about the terror links of Headley on television,he immediately approached the police and gave details of his relations with the terror suspect.