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| NIA registers case against Headley, Rana |
| Press Trust of India / New Delh Nov 12, 2009, 16:39 IST |
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has registered a case against suspected terrorist David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana to probe their role in various terror strikes in the country, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
Giving details, Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters here that this was the fourth case registered by NIA in 2009 in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The NIA "has been directed to take up investigations", he said.
Maintaining that Headley had visited India "several times before 26/11 and once after" the Mumbai terror strikes which left about 180 people dead, Chidambaram said, "We are conducting investigations in the cities he visited to find out whom he met and what he did."
The Home Minister sought the allay fears about a possible terror strike and asked media to desist from raising an alarm. "I don't think there is any connection with the alerts issued to the states."
The Union Home Ministry has alerted six states including Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh last night to keep a tight vigil on important installations especially those belonging to the military.
Observing that the investigators would try to find out what Headley did during his visits to the country, the Home Minister said, "Whatever steps have to be taken, will be taken."
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