INTERPOL has issued arrest warrants for five Pakistani nationals, including two serving army officers, for their alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Indian investigators confirmed today.
India had requested Interpol Red Corner notices against the five after questioning David Headley, the US-born son of a former Pakistani diplomat, who pleaded guilty in Chicago to helping plan the attacks, said Central Bureau of Investigation spokesman RK Gaur.
Headley had helped identify the voices of the men who guided the militants during their assault on three hotels and a Jewish community centre in Mumbai which left 166 dead.
Headley identified one Sajid Majid as the person who instructed the militants holding Israelis hostage in the Jewish centre.
He also said a Major Iqbal had provided him with funds and training and he named another officer, Major Sameer Ali.
The other two men named in the warrants were Illyas Kashmiri and Syed Abdur Rahman Hashim, a retired army major.
A Red Corner notice seeks the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition.
Indian home secretary GK Pillai had accused Pakistan’s military intelligence wing of “controlling and coordinating” the Mumbai attacks in a July interview with the Indian Express newspaper, naming Headley as his source.
Pakistan denied the allegation.
