NEW DELHI: India has handed over to Pakistan High Commission here a letter from suspected LeT terrorist Bahadur Ali, written in his own hand, seeking legal assistance, and said the Pakistani national may be provided consular access, if sought by Islamabad.
Ali, who has been in NIA custody since last week of July, wrote a letter addressed to the Pakistan High Commissioner to India seeking legal assistance, official sources said.
The sources said 21-year-old Ali, who hails from Raiwind in Pakistan’s Lahore, had given detailed address in his home town and an identity card which proved he was a Pakistani national.
They said India may provide consular access to him if Pakistan made such a request.
Ali was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police on July 25 after locals in Yahama village of Kupwara in North Kashmir informed them about his movement. The case was later handed over to the NIA which brought him here and interrogated him at length. (AGENCIES)
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