Mar 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) India is requesting to have the chance to question the U.S man who has plead guilty to helping in the 2008 Mumbai attacks which killed 166 people, according to the home minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram.

The American, David Headley changed his “not guilty” plea to guilty of scouting targets in the Mumbai Attack of 2008. In the attack, on a Danish newspaper, Headley was told by his accomplices to behead any prisoners. He plead guilty to 12 counts, among those were conspiring to bomb and murder citizens of the United States, Indian, and Denmark. He also admitted guilt in supporting the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber said. There had been no sentencing date set, but Headley’s cooperation will keep him from getting the death penalty. “Not only has the criminal justice system achieved a guilty plea in this case, but David Headley is now providing us valuable intelligence about terrorist activities,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.

Now, according to Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, the United States authorities have “shared a significant amount of information” in the case, and about Headley, but New Delhi has “many more questions” and are getting ready to charge him “at the appropriate time.” India either wants to interrogate Headley, or be able to ask him questions in court, according to Home Minister P. Chidambaram. “There are many more questions that we want to ask, much more information which we wish to get,” he told reporters. “I will continue to press for access to Headley in the sense that he will testify in a proceeding or subject himself to interrogation. We have not given up our plea for extradition,” he added. It is a part of Headley’s agreement with prosecutors, however, that if he helps with the investigation and testifies against others, that he will not be extradited to India, Pakistan, or Denmark.