Mumbai: Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Coleman Headley's cross-examination in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case is underway. He has told court that he donated around Rs 60-70 lakh to Lashkar-e-Toiba and the last donation was made in 2006.
Abdul Wahab Khan, the lawyer of Abu Jundal who is also an alleged key plotter of the terror attacks, asked Headley questions about the documents he referred to during the cross-examination.
Headley replied that it was the statement to a Chicago court in the USA during Tawahur Rana's trial, an accomplice of Headley who was sentenced to 14 years in jail by a US court for providing support to LeT.
Wahab also asked questions about Headley's wife Shazia but he refused to answer those questions. Headley's lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani also opposed the questions pointing out that the Evidence Act read "communication between husband and wife is privileged".
Headley's cross-examination will go on for four days.
Headley, who has turned an approver, concluded his week-long deposition before Mumbai sessions court through a video-link from the US on February 13.
On February 22, Judge GA Sanap had directed Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to contact US authorities for Headley's second round of deposition and inform the court by February 25, after which the dates of his testimony were to be finalised.
Jundal's lawyer Abdul Wahab Khan then sought four days to cross-examine Headley. Khan has also filed an application objecting to Headley being made an approver by the court.
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