India to formally request Pak for information on terrorist Naveed
NDTV says the National Investigation Agency, which has taken over the case and Naveed's questioning, will write a letter rogatory - a formal request between governments - to Pakistan asking for information about the terrorist's activities.
Naveed has told Indian investigators that he is from Faisalabad in Pakistan, but Islamabad has denied it.
Another request will be made to various countries where VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is available; Naveed had allegedly made several calls to Pakistan in the days before he and another terrorist attacked an army convoy on August 5.
NDTV says NIA will make its requests under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, a pact it has with some 40 countries but not Pakistan. The agency wants details of messages and calls on Viber, WhatsApp and other social networking services by the terrorists during their stay in Kashmir.
Naveed, kept in Jammu till now, will be shifted to Delhi in a few days. He will go through a polygraph test, psycho analysis and voice analysis tests.
According to Indian investigators, Naveed has confessed that he was trained by the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar e Taiba.
Naveed allegedly entered India with a group of four terrorists from Tangmarg, and after over two months in the Kashmir Valley, rode to Udhampur in three trucks.
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