New Delhi, August 27: India has shared the latest dossier on Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and mastermind of the Mumbai terror strikes Hafiz Saeed with 15-16 countries whose nationals were killed in the attacks.
“We would urge these countries to bring pressure on Pakistan to launch prosecution against Hafiz Saeed,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram told journalists here on Wednesday, after declaring open Truthlabs, India’s first and only independent forensic science laboratory.
Reacting to Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s statement that India’s dossier on Hafiz Saeed did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute him, Mr. Chidambaram said he was “surprised” at such a statement coming as it did from a responsible Minister.
“If the government of Pakistan asks any lawyer about the evidence contained in the dossier, he would then say there is enough evidence to prosecute Hafiz Saeed. It is enough for it to set up a Special Investigation Team and follow on leads in the dossier to bring charges against Hafiz Saeed,” he said.
–Agencies