'Total support from US to probe Headley, Rana terror links'

NEW DELHI: With an FBI team in New Delhi, Government today said the US has "promised" total support in probing involvement of terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Rana in "various crimes" in India and the agencies here are awaiting the first investigation report by the American investigators.

"Headley and Rana, their involvement in various crimes are being investigated and we have been promised total support from the United States investigating agencies. So, we are awaiting the first report of the investigation," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters on the sidelines of the second India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference.

The Minister was replying to a query on the help from FBI in probing involvement of Headley and Rana in crimes against India.

The FBI team had held discussions with their Indian counterparts in Mumbai and may share information on alleged links between US terror suspects Headley and Rana with 26/11 terror attacks and several people in India, including filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul.

During their stay in Delhi, the FBI team will hold talks with National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials and other agencies, sources privy to the investigations said.

The FBI has already given some information about Rana and Headley and assured India that they will share more of it as the interrogation of the duo proceeds further.

They have also given indications that FBI has evidence linking Headley and Rana to Mumbai terror attacks and may share information on Headley's links with several people in the country.

Sources said FBI has promised a lot of additional material on the interrogation of Headley and Rana, who have been arrested in the US for allegedly plotting terror attacks in India and Denmark.