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We see a ray of hope in the matter of Mumbai attacks as Pakistan has indicated its willingness to provide voice samples of 26/11 handlers and offer any other kind of cooperation to India. All this will help in prosecution of more people involved in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Trying to untie the knots!!

A meeting was held at Islamabad that focused on 26/11 attacks.  A day after the meeting, home minister P Chidambaram and his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik talked in a positive tone, saying they were positive about the outcome of their deliberations.

When Malik was asked about handing over the voice samples of the handlers of 26/11, he said, “We will provide every possible assistance in addition to what you are talking about – voice samples.”

India has sought the voice samples in a dossier given to Pakistan last week and Chidambaram is understood to have raised this issue at the meeting with Malik.

For proper investigation Indian investigators want the voice samples of the handlers, who have been identified in the reports given by it, to be matched with the recordings of the conversation the Mumbai attackers had with them.

“It is underway. We received dossier four-five days back. I sent it to investigators, and whatever they requested, we will look into it,” Malik said.

Talking about the Indian part, they feel that both the countries were picking up threads of the process of improving ties interrupted by the Mumbai attacks.

Chidambaram told the reporters separately that he had conveyed to his counterpart the message that while seven LeT activists had been arrested in connection with Mumbai attacks, there were more people involved and they should also be prosecuted.

Chidambaram said the two leaders discussed whether they could “identify what needs to be done having regard to what has already been done”.

“I remain positive that something good will come out of that meeting,” he said.

This meeting seems to be giving positive result. We are hoping that soon the culprits would be caught and will be punished for their crime. This step would improve the relations of both the countries.