Puskhar, Dec.3 (ANI): David Coleman Headley, the US citizen of Pakistan origin, presently under the custody of FBI, the U.S investigative agency, on charges of having links with Lashkar-e-Toiba, had visited Pushkar in Rajasthan in March, 2009, alleged owner of a hotel here.

Kailash, owner of Oasis Hotel in Pushkar confirmed this on Thursday (December 3) that the US citizen by that name had stayed in his hotel for two days.

“There is entry in our register in the name of David Coleman Headley. He also filled C-form (a mandatory form to be filled by foreigners while checking into a hotel). He checked into the hotel on March 11, 2009 and checked out on March 13. He stayed with us for two days,” said Kailash, owner, Oasis Hotel, Pushkar.

Headley, born to Pakistani father and American mother, was detained at the Chicago airport by the FBI on October 3.

He is linked to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan and also believed to have been one of the masterminds of Mubai terror attacks November 26, 2008 in which over 171 people lost their lives and many more injured.

Lashkar-e-Toiba is linked to al-Qaeda, responsible for attacking on the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2000 in New York. (ANI)