Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said he has asked his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik to hand over the voice samples of those Pakistanis who were giving directions to the 10 terrorists during the audacious terror attack in 2008 that claimed 166 lives.
"We are hopeful that we will get the voice samples. They (Pakistan) will consult their legal department. They may come to us with something. We will also consult our legal department", he told a press conference here.
Asked whether inviting the Pakistani cricket team to play in India was not a climb down in New Delhi's position as Islamabad has not delivered on its promises vis-a-vis 26/11 case, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said India has been consistently pressing Pakistan to take action against those involved in the Mumbai attack as well as handing over the voice samples.
"Pakistan government has informed us that it has requested the Rawalpindi court to hold day-to-day trial against the seven prime accused (including Lakhvi) who are in jail," he said.
Sources said Islamabad has conveyed to New Delhi that it was framing a new law under which voice samples of an accused could be taken legally and handed over to any other country.
India has also asked Pakistan to record the voice samples of 26/11 handlers through other means and match it with the samples given by India. (More)
