New Delhi:
India is likely to share evidence on alleged 26/11 handler Abu Jundal with Pakistan during a meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries today, sources have told NDTV. The documents that India is expected to give to Pakistan include Jundal's passport that shows him as a Pakistani national. Indian authorities maintain that this is yet another indication of the involvement of Pakistan's state agencies in the Mumbai attacks that took place in 2008.
The day-long meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Rajan Mithai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani is currently underway in Delhi. Terror and the recent arrest of the 26/11 handler are likely to dominate the talks.
"We have seen reports of Abu Jundal and we have requested Indian government to share reports with us and we would definitely try and do something about it," Mr Jilani said soon after his arrival on Tuesday.
Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna told NDTV yesterday, "(We) always discussed terror during Indo-Pak talks, will do now also. Whatever Jundal has revealed to our agencies will be evaluated. We will have to make value judgment on whether we can trust Pakistan."
Islamabad has said it wants hard evidence from India on Jundal's Pakistan connection. They have denied issuing him a passport, but on the eve of the talks, Indian security agencies released copies of what they said was Jundal's Pakistani passport.
Sources say these details will be shared with the Pakistani delegation and New Delhi will ask Islamabad to investigate how this passport was issued.
India is also expected to share details of the control room Jundal has talked about in Karachi and will again ask for the voice samples of those identified by him. According to sources India will also hand over a list of Jundal's Pakistani contacts given by him during his sustained interrogation by the security agencies. However, no operational details or leads which are being followed up will be shared with Pakistan.
Last week, Home Minister P Chidambaram strongly stated that Jundal's arrest showed there was state support for the 26/11 attack. It evoked a sharp reaction from Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik who said that India was failing to control its own citizens.
Sources say India will also raise the issue of Sarabjit Singh - the Indian who is accused of spying in Pakistan and currently on death row.
The two sides will also try and make headways on two very crucial issues - Siachen and Sir Creek.
The meeting of the Foreign Secretaries is meant to pave the way for a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the two countries later this year.