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  • Suspected terrorist David Coleman Headley travelled to five cities during his stay in India between 2006-09, investigators have found.

    Official sources said that Headley, arrested by FBI in Chicago last month, travelled to Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Agra and Delhi.

    The sources said Headley, a US national, had done a recce of National Defence College and vital installations in other cities. Headley, 49, who was arrested last month for allegedly hatching a conspiracy with LeT to carry out strikes inside and outside the US, had allegedly the NDC on his radar.

    Investigators have said he was also planning a major terror strike in India at LeT's behest. He was also conducting recruitment of cadres for Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Taiba, to send them to a Gulf country using the services of his immigration business set up in Mumbai.

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    He was arrested at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Philadelphia, intending to travel to Pakistan. FBI also arrested his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin.

    American investigators have said Headley was a frequent flyer, who made multiple trips to Pakistan where he spent "substantial time" undergoing training from the terror group.

    Home Minister P Chidambaram has said investigators were probing if Headley had any links with Mumbai attacks as he had visited the country several times before they took place.

    "He visited India several times before 26/11 and therefore there is something we have to necessarily look into but as of now I cannot say whether there was a link or not," he told reporters on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit here yesterday.

    You please shut your mouth better..By: Rakesh | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Dont you feel SHAMER Mr.Chidambaram and Mr.Manmohan Singh to spell out something about the matter? Dont you realized that USA is colloborating with Indian only for their citizen? What is with you explanation for the denial by USA to our intelligent officers questioning to the arrested?
    There could be many such professional killers visiting India from time to timeBy: Hary Nambiar | 11-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Those visits he made were to identify those vulnerable crowded spots and to analyze the route to enter and to exist after the carnage. He is a highly paid professional. If the price is right, one could find many such men and women in Americas, Europe and in other continents. He would have already got paid a sizeable sum of money in advance and would have done preliminary work like making local contacts, recruiting local mercenaries, gathering equipment and materials, setting up communication channels etc. He probably intended remote handling the job. One gets caught only at a stage when is ready to strike, at which time one becomes complacent. Apparently, Pakistan is constantly engaged in a never ending war with India and is willing to spend resources to that end, which India refuse to accept. Indian internal security personnel have to be on the look out for such innocent tourists. They do not seem to have the talent to imagine or foresee such things taking place in India.
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