Mumbai: In one of the
most ground-breaking revelations, Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley
testified before a court on Friday that in 2008, former Pakistan Prime
Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani had visited his house in Pakistan to condole the
demise of his father, who had worked as a Director General of state-run radio,
Radio Pakistan.
The 55-year-old terrorist was being
cross-examined by Abdul Wahab Khan, the lawyer of Abu Jundal, an alleged key
plotter of the 2008 Mumbai attack, via a video-link from the US. He said
his father had objected to Headley’s association with terror outfit
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Referring to the 1971
Indo-Pak War, Headley told the court that he had hated India and Indians since
childhood as his school had been bombed in December 1971 by Indian fighter
planes. The bombings destroyed the school and killed some school employees, he
said. Headley said he wanted to cause maximum damage and loss to India.
Earlier on Thursday, he
told that an attempt was made on late Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray's life by
terrorist organization LeT. In addition, Headley said he didn't mention that
Ishrat Jahan was a Lashkar member during associate Tahawwur Rena's US trial,
because he was “not giving any speech that he should have mentioned Ishrat's
name then.”
Headley said that in a
conversation he had with fellow convict Dr Tahawwur Hussain Rana in September
2009, he had said that all the nine attackers who were killed in anti-terror
operations during the 26/11 attacks should receive the highest gallantry award
of the Pakistani military, the Nishan-e-Haider.
The US Federal Court
sentenced Headley to 35 years in prison for his role in the Mumbai attacks on
January 24, 2013.
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