FBI helps NIA record statements

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is trying to piece together the jigsaw of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has recorded the statements of some of the witnesses in connection with the conspiracy hatched by David Headley and others to carry out the terror strikes in Mumbai in 2008.

The statements were reported to have been recorded with the help of US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Department of Justice over nearly 10 days, official sources said, adding this is the first time that such cooperation has taken place between India and the US in the 26/11 case.

Due to a non-disclosure clause entered with FBI, NIA did not name the witnesses whose statements have been recorded but India had been for long seeking the questioning of Shahzia Gilani, wife of Pakistani-American Headley and some other friends.

Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in prison on various counts.