Mumbai, May 25:Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s son Rahul, who came into the spotlight for his acquaintance with David Coleman Headley, doesn’t think the terror convict charged with scouting targets for the 26/11 Mumbai terror
attacks is one to be influenced by jihadi elements.
The investigators have spent just 30 hours speaking to Headley.
I have spent 1,000 hours with him. I don’t think he is one to be influenced by jihadi elements,” Rahul said today.
Headley has been made a ‘fall guy’ for the Americans, the CIA,” Rahul told PTI, when asked if Headley was innocent.
“There is a much deeper issue. Headley is not what he is made out to be,” he said.
Headley has a ‘mind of his own’, Rahul said.
I come from a family of intellectuals. My father is a tough man, but nobody could push David Headley’s buttons.
He was a very sharp man,” he said.
Rahul confirmed that the mobile number allegedly mentioned in Headley’s diary belonged to him, till three months ago. “Yes, the number did belong to me till three months ago.
I surrendered it due to personal reasons,” he said.
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