By IANS,
Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been given 60 days to file charges in the foiled terror plot in India and Denmark by two Pakistan-born Chicago men at the behest of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT).
Chicago court’s chief Judge James F. Holderman has extended till next Jan 1, the period of filing indictment against the accused duo, David Coleman Headley, a Pakistan-born American national, and his Pakistan-born Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana.
FBI agents arrested Headley Oct 18 from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Philadelphia, and subsequently arrested Tahawwur Hussain Rana, whose former name was Daood Gilani. The two intended to travel to Pakistan, apparently to firm up their latest terror designs.
The court has also put off further hearing on Rana’s bail plea by a week after the FBI sought a rescheduling of the hearing and filed additional papers with the court, disclosing inflammatory videos of Al Qaeda, containing speeches by Osama bin-Laden and others, that had been recovered from Rana’s Chicago residence.
At the request of counsel, the hearing on Rana’s case before Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan is re-scheduled from Tuesday to Nov 19, a Justice Department official said.
The FBI vigorously opposed the bail plea of Rana arguing that he was “innocent” and had been “duped” by Headley, his schoolmate in Pakistan.
The development came a day after a team of officials from two Indian intelligence agencies, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), left the US disappointed as their members were not able to question Headley.