Closely watching Headley case: Krishna

"Our stand remains the same-we are watching today's proceedings very closely," Krishna told reporters here.

Meanwhile, Headley is expected to plead guilty in a Chicago court on Thursday.

According to a New York Times report, Headley, who pleaded not guilty when charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) first, started cooperating later with officials.

He has been linked to the top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist group (Lashkar) that plotted the audacious Mumbai attack that killed 168 people in November 2008.

Reports in New York Times said on Tuesday an order was docketed in federal court in Chicago scheduling a change-of-plea hearing in the case for Thursday.

His lawyer was quoted saying in other reports that a plea agreement was being prepared though nothing specific was divulged.

Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, however said that until Headley entered his plea, he could not comment about whether and how the charges against him would be reduced in exchange for his cooperation, the paper reported.

David Coleman Headley, 48, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, were accused of plotting against the employees of a newspaper in Copenhagen.

Headley is accused of traveling to Denmark to scout the building of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, and a nearby Synagogue, for an attack by terrorists.

In December, the FBI accused Headley of conspiring to bomb targets in Mumbai and providing material support to Lashkar-i-Taiba, a militant Pakistani Islamist group; and aiding and abetting the murder of U.S citizens.

Headley reportedly had surveyed the spot where a blast took place in a
bakery in Pune this year killing several people.

David Coleman Headley was formerly known as Daood Sayed Gilani. He was a Pakistani-American businessman based in Chicago.

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