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Mumbai, Feb 11: Mumbai terror attack convict, David Headley during his deposition on Thursday confirmed that that Pakistan intelligence agency ISI is involved in the fake currency being circulated in the country. The Pakistan-American terrorist said that ISI helped different terror outfits in Pakistan and was providing financial and military support.
He said, “I opened an office in Mumbai’s Tardeo AC market area on September 14, 2006. On 11th October 2006, I received Rs 66,605 from Dr Tahawwur Rana when I was in Mumbai. On November 7 2006, I received 500 dollars from Dr Tahawwur Rana. I received Rs 17,636 on November 30 and 1,000 dollars on December 4, 2006 from Rana. I received all the amount through Nariman branch of IndusInd Bank.”
Headley had visited Indian a day before the attack and left to US the same day to avoid suspicion. He also said, ” I received 25000 US dollars from Major Iqbal and 40000 Pak rupees from Sajid Mir. I received Rs 2,000 in April 2008 and Rs 1,500 in June 2008 from Major Iqbal who gave me counterfeit Indian currency two to three times. I also received Rs 18000 from Abdur Rehman Pasha.” (Also Read- David Headley deposition: Lashkar-e-Taiba had ISI’s financial, moral and military support)
Although he had submitted an application to the Reserve Bank of India to open business account in India with the signature of Raymond Sanders but was refused. On July 16, 2008 he had applied for an extension of his Mumbai office and was granted permission. He said, “I opened an office in Mumbai’s Tardeo AC market area on September 14, 2006. The contents I had mentioned in the agreement of my office in Mumbai’s Tardeo area, were true. On November 1, 2006 I signed the agreement of my office in Tardeo area of Mumbai, with landlord Bora. I wanted to close down office in Jan 2009 post terror attack, Major Iqbal also wanted to close it.”
During his deposition earlier this week, he said that he visited Indian seven times with a fake passport. He also revealed that before the terror strikes on November 26, 2008, there were two failed attempts.
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