Date:21/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/21/stories/2008122160650800.htm

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Interpol promises help in probe

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Secretary-General of Interpol, Ronald K. Noble, on Saturday promised India help to get details on those behind the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks. Mr. Noble, who is heading a delegation to ensure that the national authorities received all support India requires from the international police organisation and 186 member-countries, met the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here.

Interpol reiterated its offer to ensure that the details of the terrorists who were killed or captured including their names, fingerprints, DNA profiles and photographs are compared against its global databases and appropriately disseminated to each member-country.

Interpol also offered to issue Black notices that it circulates for the deceased and Blue notices to obtain additional information for the 10 terrorists involved.

In addition, the Interpol offers to extend access to its global databases beyond the Central Bureau of Investigation to include State police, immigration and border control units and other law enforcement agencies in India.

The move will allow officers to conduct real-time checks of Interpol’s databases on wanted persons, stolen and lost travel documents, and other critical police information. The release said following the terrorists attacks in Mumbai, the Interpol immediately offered to deploy an Incident Response Team.