Pak investigators likely to seek access to Kasab

The Pakistani team probing the Mumbai attacks is likely to demand access to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the 26/11 terror strikes, to question him on his suspected links with Pakistan-based militant outfits, a senior official privy to the investigations said. The official said the three-member team has looked into the "material" provided by Indian authorities, Kasab's confessional statement, his letter to the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi, TV footage and his photographs sent by India and available with some news channels. The investigating committee has asked the authorities here in Islamabad that they would like to interrogate Kasab as "he is the only person who can give exact information if he had any links with any of the militant organisations in Pakistan". On the other hand, Interior Affairs Advisor Rehman Malik said if India insisted on extradition of suspects of the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan can ask for handing over of Lt. Col. Srikant Prasad Purohit who is alleged to have links with the Samjhauta Express blasts in February 2006. "Yes, we can demand extradition of Purohit," Malik said in an interview

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