New Delhi, June 01: Government today said no decision has been taken on its joining a lawsuit in New York filed by victims of 26/11 terror attack suing Pakistan”s spy agency ISI and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed for their involvement in the incident.
“No decision has been taken. I think there are advantages and disadvantages…No decision has been taken on that,” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters while noting that recently the Home Secretary G K Pillai had indicated that a decision to join a lawsuit would be a “political call”.
In a recent interview, Pillai had indicated that India could implead itself as a party in the lawsuit against Lashkar-e-Taiba and ISI in a New York court if the government here decides to do so.
“….now if you want to get involved, that is really a political call (because) on the one hand you said that you want to be friends with Pakistan and then you want a case against Pakistan”, he has said.
Noting that whatever revelations were made by David Headley during the trial in Chicago were “brought to his notice by the NIA” after their interrogation of Pakistani- American terrorist, the Home Minister said except one “important” piece of information and one minor item, all other were conveyed to him by the National Investigation Agency.
He also pointed out that the US was providing copies of the deposition and everything was available to India. “At the end, we will get a fuller presentation. But at the moment, most of it is known to us,” he said, adding there was no need for a running commentary on the trial.
—-PTI—-