The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday rejected the remarks of Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna that India had provided adequate proof of Hafiz Saeed’s connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks, saying action could be taken against him only on the basis of “solid evidence”. Reacting to comments made by Krishna in Bangalore, FO Spokesman Abdul Basit said India had not given “any solid and significant evidence” against Saeed. He said “action can only be taken on the basis of solid evidence.”
Krishna said on Thursday that India had provided adequate proof linking Hafiz Saeed to the Mumbai attacks. “There is nothing concrete and maintainable. From its own Mumbai trial experience, India knows well that hearsay cannot substitute for hard evidence,” Basit said. “It is only the latter that can withstand judicial scrutiny,” he added. Meanwhile, Krishna told the media in Bangalore that the information provided by Home Minister P Chidambaram to the Pakistan government contained “every detail of Hafiz Saeed’s involvement in the planning and execution of the terrorist attack on Mumbai.”
India didn’t provide solid evidence against Saeed: FO
