India will get direct access of David Coleman Headley, wanted for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks, in the month of June.
Sources in the ministry said that lawyers of Headley were busy in May, and therefore, access to Headley was expected in June, sources in the Home Ministry said on Monday.
India had signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the US in 2001 which was further revised in 2005. Sources said direct access to Headley would be sought under this bilateral agreement only.
The new provisions of this bilateral agreement enhance the ability of the two countries to pursue their common objective of law enforcement by putting in place a legal mechanism to enable them to provide to each other assistance in connection with the investigation, prosecution, prevention and suppression of crime including those relating to terrorism, narcotics, trafficking, economic and organised crime.
The assistance under the treaty include taking the testimony or statements of persons, providing documents, records and items of evidence, locating or identifying persons or items; serving documents, transferring persons in custody for testimony or other purposes, executing requests for searches and seizures.