New Delhi: India is likely to give its nod for the visit of a Pakistani judicial commission to Mumbai for the second time and allow cross-examination of 26/11 terror attack case witnesses for gathering evidence against seven accused, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
A decision in favour of the second visit of the judicial commission is expected soon as New Delhi does not want to come in the way of the proceedings in a court in Rawalipindi in Pakistan which is hearing the case against those involved in the Mumbai carnage.
"A decision is expected soon. Once it is taken, we will convey it to Pakistan," a senior government official said.
After the Pakistani court dealing with the 26/11 case had said that evidence collected by the commission during its first visit to India in March had no "evidentiary value" to punish those involved in the Mumbai terror attack, Islamabad had asked New Delhi to allow its panel to visit Mumbai again.
Pakistan had conveyed to India that it was necessary to take forward the case in the Rawalpindi court and, hence, the commission should be allowed to visit India again for cross-examination of a metropolitan magistrate, a police officer and two doctors, who conducted the autopsies on the nine killed terrorists involved in the attacks.
Last month, Union Home Secretary RK Singh had said India believed that the evidence collected by the commission had evidentiary value.
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