New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday formally asked Pakistan's JIT for voice samples of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf.
Pakistani JIT headed by Additional Inspector General of Police, Counter Terrorism Department, Muhammad Tahir Rai, and also including ISI's Lt Col Tanvir Ahmed, was handed over a list of 300 questions by the NIA during their day-long deliberations.
"We have asked for voice samples of Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf as also the voice sample of Khayyam Baber (mother of terrorist Nasir killed during the Pathankot attack)," NIA Chief Sharad Kumar said after the meeting. Nasir was said to have spoken to his mother during the attack.
CNN-IBN was the first channel to report that the NIA would be seeking the voice samples.
The NIA sought access to Azhar and Rauf and told the visiting team that till the time India's request was pending with authorities in Islamabad, it would like the Pakistani JIT to question them about their role in the attack on the Pathankot air base and hand over their statement to the Indian agency.
The JIT arrived in India this week for a probe into the terror strike at the air base in Pathankot allegedly by Pakistan-based JeM.
The Pakistani team has sought permission for recording the statements of witnesses including Punjab police officer Salvinder Singh, his friend, cook Madan Gopal, caretaker of a shrine the officer had visited in the run up to the attack, and officers who had carried out investigations earlier and prepared the seizure memo.
The witnesses have all been lined up and their statements will be recorded over the next two days. The team will return to Pakistan on April 2.
(With PTI inputs)
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