Attack on US consulate in Chennai foiled
The NIA would push its case for visiting Sri Lanka at the earliest
New Delhi, Nov. 30: The code name for the terror plot to attack the US consulate in Chennai was a “wedding hall” which was to be executed by “cooks”, a code for terrorists who were to gain entry from Maldives into India.
Details of the failed plot were contained in the 23 page court order of designated special NIA judge in Poonamallee, Chennai, in connection with the case.
Armed with the court order, the NIA would push its case for visiting Sri Lanka at the earliest.
A proposal for the same has been lying in the Union home and external affairs ministries for more than two months now, sources said here.
The conspiracy allegedly by Pakistan’s ISI to carry out terror strikes in South India was exposed by Sakir Hussain, a Sri Lankan national. He has been sentenced to a five year jail term on November 28 for being part of this conspiracy.
Hussain, who pleaded guilty to the charges slapped on him by the NIA, also spelled out the role of the then Pakistan’s diplomat in Sri Lanka, Amir Zubair Siddiuqi, who has been since repatriated.