ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Attorney General Latif Khan Khosa said on Thursday that any Pakistani court trying the accused involved in the Mumbai attacks could ask for the custody of lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab through Interpol.

“If our investigators submit a challan against the suspects for their involvement in the Mumbai tragedy, a trial court can issue warrants for physical custody of Ajmal Kasab,” he said. Such a warrant could be processed through Interpol, he added.

The attorney general was explaining trial procedures to a group of media personnel in his chambers in the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani hinted on Wednesday that Pakistan could consider sending a team of investigators to India in connection with Mumbai probe.

Mr Khosa said it was to be seen how the Indian government reacted to the proposal of sending FIA investigators to that country.

He said since Pakistan had no extradition treaty with India, the trial court could seek custody of Ajmal Kasab through Interpol.

He said Section 4 of the Pakistan Penal Code empowered a court to try a Pakistani accused of committing an offence outside the country.

The attorney general said the trial based on confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab seemed inappropriate because, according to law, any evidence recorded by police was not admissible in court.

It could, however, help in collecting evidence of other witnesses, he added.

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