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Daood Gilani alias David Coleman Headley,one of two terror suspects arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting terror attacks in Denmark and India,left no record with the management of the market building in Mumbai in which he had set up a visa facilitation agency.
The agency,which was apparently involved in helping skilled and unskilled people acquire visas to the US and Canada,was in AC Market in Mumbais Tardeo area. The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has established that Headley rented an apartment in Breach Candy and ran the agency during his Mumbai visits from 2007,but no official records exist anywhere to show he had even rented the premises.
Owners have to pay one per cent of the maintenance charges while renting out the premises. Because of this rule,practically none of the owners has ever bothered to inform us about renting out property, Datta said.
The Crime Branch says it has tracked down and recorded the statements of several people in Mumbai who had interacted with Headley. We have been on this case for two to three weeks. We have already managed to identify people who met Headley during his stays in the city,and recorded their statements have been recorded, JCP Crime Rakesh Maria said.
Datta conceded that some police officials had questioned him in the morning about Headley and the visa agency.
Crime Branch sources said Headleys call records needed to be checked,along with a check on the visitors to his visa agency and to his rented apartment.
