India to seek voice samples of 7 accused in 26/11 attacks

India will ask for voice samples of 7 Lashkar operatives during Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pak.

India will ask for voice samples of seven Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks during next week’s Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan to help in the ongoing probe.

Highly-placed sources said India will seek the voice samples of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,Zarar Shah,Abu Al Qama,Shahid Jamil Riaz,Hamad Amin Sadiq,Younus Anjum and Jamil Ahmed.

The voice samples would be matched with the telephonic intercepts available with Indian security agencies that were recorded during the Mumbai attacks by 10 Pakistani terrorists on November 26,2008,the sources said.

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Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir here on February 25 during which India is expected to covey its serious concerns over cross-border terrorism.

The seven accused were chargesheeted by a Pakistani court on November 25 last year and India now feels Pakistan can share their voice samples to assist in the ongoing investigations.

The arms training of some youths under the banner of Indian Mujahideen in Karachi,which is ostensibly being done by LeT,will also be conveyed to the Pakistani side,the sources said.

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