India to give Pakistan evidence of spy role in Mumbai blasts
AFP, October, 2006
NEW DELHI (AFP) — India says it is to give evidence to Pakistan about the alleged involvement of its spy agency and militant groups in the deadly Mumbai train bombings in July. Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said the country would hand over evidence gathered by police showing the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba helped plant the bombs that killed 186 people.
Menon, who most recently served as ambassador to Pakistan, said that Islamabad's repeated denial of any involvement in the blasts would have to be reassessed after it reviewed the evidence and that India would "judge it by its actions." Last month, India and Pakistan agreed to share intelligence on terrorist activities in the region when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf met on the sidelines of a summit in Cuba. India's decision to hand over evidence gathered by police would be the ...