Nearly three weeks after the terror attack in Mumbai, the Police is clueless as to what to do with the bodies of nine Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed on November 26 since various Muslim organisations have refused to bury them in the country while Islamabad appears to be disinclined to accept the mortal remains. Mumbai Police had been advised to write a letter to Pakistan High Commission in Delhi through the Ministry of External Affairs asking them to take the custody of the nine bodies after the 60-hour long encounter that ended on November 29. The bodies have been kept in J J Hospital mortuary with Police waiting for a political decision before disposing off the bodies. While Pakistan has been trying to crackdown on Lashkar militants in its country, it has been denying that it has received any communication from New Delhi to take possession of the dead bodies of the nine militants. When approached about the disposal of the dead bodies of LeT militants, Mumbai's Commissioner of Police Hasan Gafoor said that "If there are no claimants, then there are other procedures laid in the law for disposing the bodies." Without confirming or denying whether they had approached MEA for handing over the bodies to Pakistan, Gafoor said "I can only say that all necessary procedures as per the law.There is legal thing that we have to hand over the bodies to a claimant. In case no one comes, we will take the necessary procedures."
