2 held in Pak for LeT's plot to attack India: Chidambaram

At least two persons have been arrested in Pakistan on the advice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Home Minister P Chidambaram [ Images ] said on Friday, indicating an 'obvious Pakistan link' to David Coleman Headley.

Headly was nabbed by the American agency for plotting a major attack in India [ Images ] at the behest of terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ].

"There is a Pakistan link. Dave Headley visited Pakistan a number of times and I think on the advice of the FBI, two or perhaps more people have been arrested in Pakistan," he told reporters.

He was replying to a question about the Pakistan link to the plot to attack the prestigious National Defence College in New Delhi [ Images ], in connection to which the FBI has arrested Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistan-born Canadian citizen and a resident of Chicago.

"There is an obvious Pakistan link," he said, referring to the affidavits filed by the FBI in a Chicago court.

On whether the Indian government was informed about it, Chidambaram replied in the affirmative.

"If you are asking whether I was informed about it, the answer if yes. If the question is whether you will be informed about it, the answer is no," he quipped.

To a similar poser to Dr Singh at a joint press conference with his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt in Delhi, the prime minister said, "To the extent I have information on this Headley affair, I don't think we have received any information from the Pakistani side."

Details of conversation between Headley and Rana, submitted by prosecutors to the Chicago court, indicates that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba was giving priority to its attack on the National Defence College over other targets.

The reference to the National Defence College as a target was made by the duo during their conversation on September 7, which was recorded by the FBI.