ROME The federal government may seek a review of its extradition treaty with Italy in a bid to take hold of a Pakistani father and son allegedly linked to the Mumbai terror attack, a diplomat said on Monday.
“We are looking at appropriate measures, that’s all there is to say at present,” a source at the Indian embassy told Adnkronos International on condition of anonymity. The current extradition treaty between India and Italy covers crimes including narcotics trafficking but not terrorism.
The Indian move follows the arrest of two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the terrorists who killed 166 people in Mumbai on Nov. 26-29 last year.
The two suspects, Mohammad Yaqub Janjua and son Janjua Aamer Yaqub, ran the Madina Trading money transfer business. Janjua, and his son are accused of aiding and abetting terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.
They allegedly supplied cash to pay for an Internet phone account used by Pakistani handlers who were in contact with the terrorists who went on a killing spree in Mumbai.
Agence France-Presse
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