26/11 Convict David Headley In ICU After Attack In US Prison: Reports
NEW DELHI: David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist jailed in the US over his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, is fighting for his life after being attacked in prison, according to reports.
Headley was in the ICU after being attacked by other prisoners at a detention centre on July 8. The Pakistani-origin US national, an operative of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a US court for the 2008 attack in Mumbai in which more than 160 people were killed.
"We are not able to locate information about this individual," the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago said in a brief email response to PTI when asked about the incident.Reports said he had suffered serious injuries and was rushed to North Evanston hospital, where he was admitted to the critical care unit.
David Headley - who recced various Indian cities, including Mumbai before the 26/11 attacks - was arrested in 2009. He had deposed before a court in Mumbai through video conferencing from his prison in the US in the 26/11 case during Abu Jundal's trial.
The trial against terror handler Abu Jundal has been on for over a year and the prosecution had last year recorded the statements of Headley, who had carried out recces of the spots in Mumbai that were attacked. Headley had stayed at the Taj Hotel, which was one of the terror targets. He had testified under a plea bargain and had told the court that he had met Jundal too.
courtesy : ndtv.com
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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