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   One of the main conspirators in the 26/11

One of the main conspirators in the 26  11 Mumbai terror attacks American national David Coleman Headley on Monday deposed as a witness in the case and admitted that he had come to the city with a false identity at the behest of his colleague and handler Sajid Mir a Lashkar e Taiba LeT operative .

 Mir allegedly a Pakistani national is also an accused in the case .
Headley further admitted that he was a true follower of the LeT and had changed his name from Dawood Gilani to David Coleman Headley for the purpose of acquiring a new passport to come to India . He said he had visited Mumbai seven times prior to the attacks on November 26 2008 .

He even visited Delhi in March 2009 after the attacks .

Headley deposition took place place before special judge GA Sanap in a city civil and sessions court in Mumbai via video conference from an undisclosed location in the US . The proceedings commenced at 7 am and will continue until 12 point 30 pm with a break in between . 

 

This is the first time perhaps in the world legal history that a terrorist will tender live evidence in a foreign country .

 Headley will likely divulge the larger aspect of the criminal conspiracy behind the 26  11 terror attacks . This would strengthen the present trial pending against Indian nationals. The US government has supported the endeavour taking into consideration the global challenge of terrorism special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said .
Headley's evidence might help the prosecution's bid to nail alleged co-conspirator and handler of the 26/22 terrorists, suspected LeT operative Zabihuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal. He is currently the only person being tried in the case. Executed Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab identified Jundal as his handler.

 Jundal also attended the proceedings via video conference from Arthur Road jail where he is currently lodged. His plea to be physically present during the proceedings was rejected by the court.
Headley is currently in a US jail where he is serving 35 years for his role in the Mumbai attacks. In January 2013, he was convicted and sentenced by a US federal court. Headley is scheduled to depose on Tuesday morning as well.

On December 10, judge Sanap accepted Headley's plea to turn approver and gave him a pardon in the case. Among conditions imposed to grant the pardon, the court had said that Headley would have to disclose the full and true facts leading to the attacks within his knowledge.

 

 "He should also disclose his role and that of others. He should disclose all the facts which he admitted before the court in the US. He should correctly answer the questions of the prosecution about the offences committed by him and others," judge Sanap had said.

 

Presenting his plea to the court, Headley had said, "I plead guilty in the past to the charges in the US and I admit I was a participant in these charges. I have accepted my role in those offences (relating to the 26/11 attacks) in my plea agreement. I appeared here ready to answer questions regarding these events if I received a pardon from this court. That's all. Thank you."

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