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Headley's deposition being recorded via video conferencing
The deposition of David Coleman Headley began before a special Mumbai court on Monday where he would reveal the sequence of events and planning behind the 26/11 terror attacks.
The deposition of David Coleman Headley began before a special Mumbai court on Monday where he would reveal the sequence of events and planning behind the 26/11 terror attacks.
Headley's deposition is being recorded via video conferencing and it will continue for next few days as well.
Headley (55) was pardoned on December 10 and made an approver by Additional Sessions Judge G A Sanap who presides over special cases related to terrorism, including those under the now repealed TADA.
Highlighting the importance of the evidences that are expected to be brought to fore by Headley, senior Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said, "The evidence of David Headley is important for two reasons - One of the Indian terrorists Abu Jindal who was in Pakistan and against whom the trial is pending. So, David Headley may give the broader aspect of the criminal conspiracy. The second aspect of the evidence of David Headley would be that why the conspiracy was hatched, who were the persons behind the criminal conspiracy and how it progressed with ultimately a huge death toll of 160 persons."
Headley's maps and videos helped ten Pakistani fidayeens land by sea on Mumbai's shores and launch one of the audacious attacks on the financial capital, killing over 166 people and injuring 300.
Between November 26 and 29, 2008, terrorists rampaged through two five-star hotels Oberoi and Taj Mahal Palace, Jewish outreach centre at Nariman House, Cafe Leopold, all in Colaba, besides Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Cama and Albless Hospital.
While nine terrorists were killed during the response operations, a lone gunman Ajmal Kasab was tried and hanged on November 21, 2012 at Pune's Yerawada jail.
The FBI arrested Headley in October 2009 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago while on his way to Pakistan. US District Judge Harry Leinenweber of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago sentenced him to 35 years in prison for his role in Mumbai attacks on January 24, 2013.
