Islamabad - The global police agency Interpol on Sunday
asked India to share DNA profiles obtained in the aftermath of Mumbai
attacks so that these could be compared with genetic fingerprints
provided by Pakistan.
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble told reporters in
Islamabad that to link the profiles forwarded by Pakistan with the
Mumbai massacre, they needed to be compared with physical
material and evidence seized by the Indian authorities.
'You can't do it thoroughly unless India shares the DNA profiles
with Pakistan and Interpol,' Noble said.
So far Interpol has not received any information on the attacks
from the Indian government or its law enforcement agencies.
Pakistan in February announced the arrest of six suspects in
connection with the November 26-29 siege in India's financial
capital, which it said were 'partially planned' on its soil.
The detainees included Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, head of
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group. New Delhi has
blamed LeT for the Mumbai attacks which left at least 170 people dead
and more than 300 others injured.
A trawler used for transporting some of the attackers from the
southern city of Karachi to Mumbai was among the evidence
seized by the Pakistani investigators.
Pakistan earlier this week sought Interpol's help to compare its
Mumbai investigation findings against the agency's global database,
as it believed seven countries were linked to the Mumbai carnage.
They included nations in Europe and the Middle East.
'Interpol remains ready, willing and able to facilitate such
cooperation in anyway possible,' Noble said. 'Anything short of this
will provide terrorists with security gaps that they will exploit
at the expense of the safety of our citizens and freedom we should so
much enjoy.'
Pakistani Interior Ministry's top official, Rehman Malik, asked
India to urgently respond to a set of 30 queries forwarded by the
Pakistani investigators after completing their initial probe.
'I will again urge my counterparts to please pay some more
attention to it,' Rehman said on Sunday.
He said Pakistani investigators were left with only 13 days of
remand to keep four of the Mumbai attack suspects in their custody.
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