The Congress on Wednesday asserted that India cannot discuss issues like the 13/11 Paris carnage unless and until there is international cooperation with regard to terrorists like David Coleman Headley.
"Unless international cooperation with regard to such dreaded terrorists is not accelerated you cannot really discuss the terrible and unfortunate context of events like Paris," Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi told ANI.
"I think it is the most open secret and universally known truth that one of the most feared terrorist in the world globally is Headley. India has been asking for his extradition for the last ten years," he added.
Singhvi further said that Headley deserved to be punished by countries where he has brought the maximum damage.
A special TADA court on Wednesday made Pakistan-born American terror operative David Coleman Headley, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, and asked him to appear before the court through video links on December 10.
"One of the key conspirators in 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai namely David Headley has been asked to appear before this court through video links on December 10. We have moved to the court on the basis of the judgment passed by the US Court that David Headley being one of the conspirators, he should be joined as one of the accused along with Indian citizen Abu Jundal," Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the media.
Earlier, the sessions' court had reserved its order on Mumbai Police's plea seeking Headley to be made as an accused in the case.
On October 8, Nikam filed an application before special judge G.A. Sanap, presiding over the trial of Lashkar operative Abu Jundal, that Headley should be tried along with Jundal. Headley, who confessed to his role in the 26/11 attacks to the US authorities, was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment by a US court.
Headley, accused of conducting a special reconnaissance of targets before the Mumbai terror attack, was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment by a US court. He had entered into a plea bargaining agreement with the US government.
