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Pak court rejects 26/11 report
Says findings of panel that visited Mumbai illegal; Delhi fumes

New Delhi, July 17
India will soon ask Pakistan what action it would take after a court there ruled that findings of a Pakistani judicial commission which visited Mumbai were illegal and could not be made part of the evidence against 26/11 accused.

Unhappy over the ruling of a Pakistani court on the 26/11 case, New Delhi said the evidence collected by the commission had "evidential value" to punish those involved in the worst-ever terrorist attack in the country.

"Our belief is that the evidence collected by the commission is of evidential value," Home Secretary R K Singh said here.

He was reacting to the ruling of a Rawalpindi court which said all findings of the commission that visited India were illegal and could not be made part of the evidence against the seven arrested 26/11 accused.

The court is hearing the terror case against seven 26/11 accused, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Singh said New Delhi would seek a copy of the court ruling from the authorities there through Indian High commission in Islamabad. "After we go through the judgement, we will discuss with the Pakistan government as to what they propose to do about it," he said. — PTI