Interpol chief in India

INDIA: The chief of global police agency Interpol met Indian officials Saturday and pledged assistance in a probe into last month’s attacks in Mumbai by gunmen whom India insists came from Pakistan.

Ronald Noble met Home Minister P. Chidambaram and promised help in securing details of the 10 gunmen who attacked two luxury hotels, a rail station and a Jewish cultural centre on 26 November in Mumbai, officials said.

Noble told Chidambaram Interpol was comparing DNA profiles and other identifications of the attackers such as photographs and fingerprints with its global database of fugitives, home ministry officials said.

The attacks on India’s financial capital left 172 dead, including nine of the gunmen. One of the attackers was caught and is in police custody. The Interpol secretary general also met the head of India’s Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI).

New Delhi, Sunday, AFP