Indian society should initiate a campaign against the plea bargain of terror suspect David Coleman Headley and the government seeks his extradition to establish links between Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), experts said on Wednesday.
"The Indian society and the families of the 26/11 terror attack victims should start a campaign against the plea," former additional
secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, B Raman said at an anti-terrorism seminar here.
Foreign policy expert Gopalswamy Parthasarthy said irrespective of the decision of the Chicago court, which is hearing the Headley case, India
should seek for his extradition.
"The information that is being shared with us (India) by the United States is limited. Indian investigating agencies need to extradite Headley
to establish the links between LeT and Pakistan," Parthasarthy said.
According to Raman, LeT's terrorist activities are being taken seriously by the United States only post 26/11 attack in 2008 as it
witnessed a high number of foreign victims.
West Bengal Governor and former national security advisor, M. K. Narayanan said LeT acts as a terrorist arm of the Pakistan government and
ISI.
"ISI oversees the terrorist operations of LeT, which has spread its tentacles in over 21 countries across the world," Narayanan said adding
intelligence reports are yet to indicate even a minimal decline in terrorism.
"In cases of state-sponsored terrorism, the police can act only against the terrorists. It is for the government to act against another
country's government that employs terror groups," Raman said.