NEW DELHI, Aug 18 – India has requested that Malaysian authorities hand over evidence against an arrested accused who was part of a conspiracy to plan and carry out terror strikes allegedly at the behest of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of this country, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
According to the report, official sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had said the request under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), signed by the two countries in 2012, urged Kuala Lumpur to share the evidence against Mohamed Hussain Mohamed Sulaiman, a Sri Lankan national.
India has already secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against Mohamed Hussain and moved Kuala Lumpur with an application for a provisional arrest till all requirements for extradition are completed, PTI reported quoting sources as saying.
The 47-year-old suspect is wanted in India for alleged hatching of “criminal conspiracy, acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, terrorist act and raising funds for terrorist act”.
Mohamed Hussain has reportedly told the investigators in Malaysia that he had been tasked to ferry two terrorists from Maldives to a South Indian coast to carry out terror strikes at the US Consulate in Chennai and Israeli Consulate in Bangalore.
Under the MLAT, either country can approach the other for collecting evidence against an accused, said the report.
-BERNAMA
