Govt will 'file' cases against Kasab, others

ISLAMABAD - Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) would meet here Monday (today) and review the investigation report prepared by the Pakistani authorities on the information provided by India on Mumbai attacks. The Defence Committee of the Cabinet was revived by the present government almost after a lapse of a decade and it would meet under the chair of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The sources in the government disclosed that Islamabad would draw the future course of action vis-a-vis Mumbai attacks. Monitoring Desk adds: The Pakistani dossier into Mumbai attacks is ready and the government will file cases against five Pakistanis, including lone captured gunman Ajmal Kasab, for planning the Mumbai attacks, reported a private TV channel on Sunday. The Interior Ministry's report into Mumbai attacks also stated that the attacks were not planned in Pakistan or India but in a European country, the TV channel quoted sources as saying. The conspirators kept in touch by using the Internet, the sources added. The sources also said that cases would be filed against five Pakistanis, including Kasab, for planning the Mumbai attacks. Action will be taken against them in the country according to Pakistani laws and access to Kasab will be sought to identify his Indian 'associates', the sources said. The government has not formally stated so far whether it will seek consular access to Kasab though it has acknowledged that he is a Pakistani national. "The conspiracy was hatched outside Pakistan. But Kasab and his accomplices used Pakistan territory by using Internet lines of the country. But no Pakistani official was involved. There will be legal action against Kasab and others in Pakistan. Pakistan may also want access to Kasab for investigation. There is no mention of Lashkar-e-Taiba in the report. The report talks only about the suspects," said the channel.

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