With the National Investigation Agency unable to unearth any Indian bank account of David Coleman Headley, New Delhi has requested the FBI to provide details of bank statements and credit card payments of the Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist in a bid to ascertain the funding of 26/11 attacks.
Top government sources told The Indian Express that the NIA investigations have till now revealed that Headley did not use any Indian bank credit card and instead made payments amounting to a “couple of lakhs” through his American credit cards.
“We are expecting the FBI to provide details about Headley's bank accounts soon,” said a senior official.
What is turning out to be an embarrassment for Indian security agencies is the fact that Headley has claimed to the FBI that he spent large amounts of fake Indian currency during his stay. Indian investigators tracking his visits have found that Headley used to buy expensive gifts for his friends.
However, it is inexplicable how Headley managed to spend fake Indian currency all over the country without being detected.
While the NIA is zeroing in on sources of Headley's funds, he has told the FBI that he got his funds from his handlers in the LeT and Pakistan Army.
Indian security agencies have been told by the FBI that Headley claims to have got funds each time he went to Pakistan to brief the LeT commanders and Pakistan Army officials about Indian targets.
The NIA, sources said, have been able to unearth important details about Headley through his social contacts in India. New Delhi will ask for his extradition from the US to plug the crucial gaps in the LeT terror puzzle in this country.
The Indian security agencies believe that Headley could have been funded through “drug money laundering racket”.
