Rana verdict not a setback: India
June 10th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India Friday said the decision of a US court to clear Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana in the Mumbai attack was “not a setback” as India was still investigating the case.
“We do not see it as a setback for India as the case is still under investigation. In our handling of terrorism in India, we don’t rely on other country’s evidences and investigation,” U.K. Bansal, secretary (Internal Security) in the home ministry, told reporters here.
On Thursday, Rana was cleared in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, but was convicted of helping the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which India holds responsible for the strike.
“We will have to study the judgment. The judicial system in both the countries is different and it is too early to say anything,” Bansal said.
“The matter is still under investigation. It has to be seen what our courts say when the matter is presented to them after investigations are over,” added Bansal.
Rana was also convicted for his role in a thwarted plot targeting a Danish newspaper that printed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, according to Chicago Sun Times.
Rana now faces up to 30 years in prison.
A total of 166 people were killed in the mayhem let loose by 10 Pakistani terrorists during the 60-hour Mumbai terror attack Nov 26-28, 2008.
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