Interpol says India yet to share info on Mumbai attacks By Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Dec 23 (PTI) India has not yet authorised its
investigators to share information regarding the Mumbai terror
attacks with the Interpol, the chief of the Paris-based global
police agency said here Tuesday.

"To date India's government has not authorised India's
police agencies to enter any data relating to the recent
terrorist attacks in Mumbai in Interpol's databases," Interpol
Secretary General Ronald K Noble told reporters.

"No information has been shared. We are hopeful that it
will happen very quickly," he said after a meeting with
Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik.

An Interpol incident response team had been deployed in
India to gather evidence and information to be shared with
police databases around the world. Interpol has so far gleaned
information only from the media, Noble said.

"Interpol's instant Response Team was deployed to India
several days ago with the goal of gathering evidence and
information which the Interpol could put in police databases
that will be acceptable to Pakistan and all other countries
around the world," he said.

"So far no names have been provided by Indian police and
India's law enforcement authority or the government of India
to Interpol to enter in its databases for Pakistan or any
other countries to determine whether or not they have
information or link to those individuals," Noble said.

He said Interpol had not received any information that
would allow him to comment on the accuracy of media reports
about the nationality and identity of the attackers.

It was also "not acceptable internationally" for
information to be put in the media and not placed in police
databases, Noble said.

In the absence of reliable information in police
databases, investigators around the world would not be able to
determine the identities of the Mumbai attackers or their
possible links to terror groups in other countries, he said.

Noting that Pakistan too had suffered at the hands of
terrorists, he said the country "needs international support
and not international condemnation at such a critical time".

The Interpol chief also said while Pakistan was willing to
cooperate through his agency to help India, New Delhi would
have to "decide when and how to use" the organisation.

Noble said there were three ways through which his
organisation could help India identify the terrorists and the
perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

"One way is by Black Notice which allows the
identification of corpses (bodies). Another way is through a
Blue Notice which allows countries to give further
information. And the third way is through Red Notice which is
to seek the arrest of people worldwide," he said.

Asked about Pakistan's cooperation with regard to Mumbai
terror attacks, Noble said Islamabad had given it assurance of
full cooperation in the probe.

"In terms of investigation that is underway in India, the
Minister (Internal), the head of FIA (Pakistan's Federal
Investigating Agency), the deputy head of Interpol - all
have agreed that Pakistan will be willing to cooperate with
the Interpol to help India further its investigation in
whatever India might deem appropriate," he said. PTI RHL
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