New Delhi:
Federal Bureau of Investigation chief is coming to India on November 18 in connection with the Lashkar-Headley terror plot.
This comes as India is on alert after fresh intelligence related to the American national David Headley, who is believed to have links with the Lashkar e Taiba and who visited several cities in India. Intelligence sources have warned of possible multiple and simultaneous attacks in five cities that Headley visited.
The FBI chief, who will be accompanied by some of his officials, will be in India for two days to track Headley's movements in India between 2006 and 2009.
A Chicago court has given 60 days time to the FBI to file an indictment against Headley. The FBI requested the court to give it more time to complete investigation and file the indictment arguing that on October 18, federal agents executed four search warrants at four separate locations, and among other items of evidence, seized a number of computers.
The FBI agents are "diligently examining the evidence", the agency told the court.
Chief Judge James F Holderman has extended till January 1, 2010, the date of filing indictment for the national, who was arrested along with Canadian citizen of Pakistani-origin Tahawwur Hussain Rana by the FBI on charges of plotting terror attacks in India at the behest of the Lashkar.
The visiting FBI team will, however, discuss not just Headley, but several other issues as well with Indian officials. The team's visit comes just ahead of the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.