Four member NIA team to leave for US on Sunday to question Headley

A four-member National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams travel to the United States on Sunday for quizzical Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley for his role in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The team will consist of three investigators and a law officer.

Earlier India had sought right of entry to Headly between June 1to15.

Headley is housed in a prison in Chicago.

After the interview, examination of the National Agency (NIA) will submit a charge sheet next to Headley in an Indian court.

Headley, a Pakistani American, was under arrest by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in October 2009 of plotting an attack on a Danish paper.

During questioning he confessed his role in Mumbai attacks, which Pakistan-based terrorists killed 166 people.

A few days later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under arrest Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian said to be a close connects of Headley, on similar charges.

Rana has denied his participation in the conspiracy.

Headley, 49, told U.S. Interrogator that he had made a reconnaissance of the Mumbai office before the attacks, has visited the country more than a few times.

He also exposed that one earns Pakistani army major taught him in Pakistan.

Headley has pleaded guilty to all 12 criminal counts against him, including his role in Mumbai attacks conspiracy.

On the other hand were U.S. prosecutors that he would not be disclosed to a third country, including India, or risk the death penalty.

Headley also agreed to be interviewed by a foreign body through the deposition or videoconference.

Access to Headley came after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh intercedes with President Barack Obama during his visit to the United States. The national security advisers in both countries also had conversations about the same topic.

After this, visited two-headed members of the attorney-general Gopal Subramanium United States to talk about terms for access to Headley counterpart Attorney Eric Holder.

After returning Subramanium said: "All the bottlenecks have been detached and we have a way forward. So it is up to us to operationalize the plan forward."

India is expected to use the questioning methods of tying up loose ends and resolve the plot behind the Mumbai attacks.

Investigators will also question Headley on the involvement of Indians in the attacks and his Pakistani handlers.