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Hand over Mumbai masterminds

Manmohan asks Pakistan

PTI, Shillong/ Islamabad
Notwithstanding Islamabad's rejection of extraditing anyone to India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday asked Pakistan to hand over "criminals" responsible for Mumbai attacks so that they face trial in India.
PM Manmohan Singh hoped that "some sense" would prevail on the leadership of Pakistan and it recognises that those behind the "horrible acts" in Mumbai have to be brought to justice.
"It (Pakistan) has to take action on the demand from all civilised countries that the perpertrators (of Mumbai attacks) will be brought to book. We hope that these criminals will be handed over to us to face trial," he told a press conference after inaugurating the annual Indian Science Congress here.
He also hoped that the new government in Bangladesh would not allow its territory to be used for terrorists acts against India especially in the North East.
Asserting that government will never compromise with those using the gun, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government will go to any extent to root out terrorism from the country but was open to hold dialogue with those laying down arms.
"The growing menace of terrorism and Naxalism is a cause of worry. The government will not compromise with terrorism," PM Manmohan Singh said.
"There were some initial setbacks, but we will overcome them. The government will go to any extent to root out terrorism from the country," Manmohan Singh said referring to the terrorist strikes in Mumbai, Delhi and Assam.
Asked whether the Centre
was open to talks with the banned Ulfa, Singh said, "all insurgent groups must recognise that their only course open to them is to lay down arms. We will never compromise with those who believe in use of gun to get solution to their real or imaginary problems."
He said insurgents and terrorists must recognise that gun is no solution to fulfil their demands. "Once they lay down arms as Indian citizens we are willing to talk to anybody," he said.
Meanwhile, advocating the need to reduce the danger of an Indo-Pak conflict, Pakistan government said that it is keeping a vigil on all banned terrorist groups and "suspect" organisations as part of measures initiated by it in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman said Pakistan has taken several "important steps" to implement the UN Security Council's sanctions on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) blamed for the Mumbai attacks, and "has remained vigilant of all banned and suspect organisations.”
"It is in the interest of Pakistan and India, as well as the international community, to urgently reduce the danger of a conflict and protect the India-Pakistan peace process which carries enormous benefits for the whole region," she said during a meeting in Islamabad on Friday with British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley.
Pakistan has rounded up over 20 LeT activists, including Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, but has said it cannot take forward its investigation till India shares evidence and information.