Headley's revelations exposed Pakistan: Rajnath Singh

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Feb 11 2016 | 7:43 PM IST
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Pakistan has been "exposed" after David Headley's revelations, but made it clear that India wants to maintain cordial relations with that country.
"David Headley deposition has exposed Pakistan but we still want to maintain cordial relationship with Pakistan', he told reporters at the airport here.
Singh also expressed his condolences over the demise of Siachen braveheart Lans Naik Hanumanthappa.
"I salute the brave army man and his bravery in Siachen.I pray that God will give his family strength", he said.
Singh is in the city to attend the concluding function of the state-wide Vimochana Yatra undertaken by BJP state President Kummanan Rajasekharan.
Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley today told a special court in Mumbai that Ishrat Jahan--who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004 in Gujarat--was an operative of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT)
Headley, who testified via video-link from US, had picked up her name when questioned by Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam about a "botched-up operation" mentioned to him (Headley) by LeT commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi.
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First Published: Feb 11 2016 | 7:43 PM IST

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