By IANS,
New Delhi: Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Saturday said an updated list of India’s ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives allegedly hiding in Pakistan would be given to that country after mistakes were detected in the earlier list.
“The review of the entire list which was handed over is being currently undertaken by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), the NIA (National Investigation Agency) and various agencies. As soon as they are completed, if there are any corrections to be made, we will make that and then communicate the same to the Pakistani side,” Pillai told reporters on the sidelines of an Border Security Force function.
The move comes against the backdrop of mistakes found in the list of 50 ‘Most Wanted’ terrorists that was handed over to Islamabad during Pillai’s talks with his Pakistani counterpart Choudhary Qamar Zaman in Delhi March 28.
There were at least two suspected terrorists in the list who were later found living in India — one in jail and the other out on bail.
The home ministry directed the CBI, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the NIA to scrutinise, verify and revise the list, and update it.
Wazhul Khan, accused in many bomb blasts in Mumbai and its suburbs, was found living in Thane though his name featured in the ‘Most Wanted’ list given to Pakistan.
Another suspected terrorist, Feroze Ahmad Rashid Khan, accused in the 1993 blast case, was found lodged in a Mumbai jail.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram admitted the lapses occurred because of “genuine human error”.