ISLAMABAD: Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble yesterday said that India had not provided the global police agency any information about the Nov. 26 terrorist attacks.
Flanked by Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Interior Secretary Sayed Kamal Shah, Noble said at a crowded news conference: “India has not provided us any evidence about Mumbai terrorist attacks nor did it authorize us to visit the site of attacks to make our own investigation.”
Until Indian authorities share information, police around the world will be unable to determine the identity of the attackers, he said. “To date, India’s government has not authorized its police agencies to enter any data relating to the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai in Interpol’s databases,” Noble said. “The information Interpol has about what happened in Mumbai is the same information that you have. It’s information that we’ve read in journals, that we’ve read on the Internet or that we’ve seen on TV,” he said.
Tension between India and Pakistan has spiked since the assault on India’s financial heart, which killed 179 people. India and the United States have blamed the banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks.
Like Noble, Pakistan says the only information it has received on the Mumbai attacks has come through media reports.
— With input from agencies
