Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: September 7, 2009
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/200730/Release-of-Hafiz-Saeed-atrocious-HM.html
On the eve of his visit to the US, Home Minister
P Chidamabaram has termed as "atrocious" Pakistan's decision to
let off Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai terror attacks case
and said there is "enough and more" evidence to continue the probe
against him.
He also said that India has never ruled out
the involvement of state actors in Pakistan in the 26/11 carnage despite Islamabad's
contention to the contrary.
"There is enough and more evidence to
continue the investigation against Hafiz Saeed. On the face of this evidence,
to let him off, I think, is atrocious," he told NDTV.
Asked if he will raise with Washington the
need to weigh upon Islamabad that it has to act against Saeed, Chidamabaram
said, "If there is an opportunity, I will take them through the sixth
dossier.
It has already been shared with many countries--16
including the US.
"So they know what we have but if there
is an opportunity, I will certainly walk them through the dossier to point
out that there is enough evidence (against him)," the Home Minister,
who will be paying a four-day visit to the US beginning Tuesday, said.
To a question that Saeed was accompanied by
one "Major General Saab' during a meeting with Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab
and other Mumbai terror attack accused at a training camp and possible links
of the Pakistan army, he said, "Well that can only be revealed by investigation."
